Oreaster reticulatus

Oreaster reticulatus
Oreaster reticulatus
The red cushion sea star, Oreaster reticulatus, in San Salvador Island, Bahamas
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Asterozoa
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Oreasteridae
Genus: Oreaster
Species: O. reticulatus
Binomial name
Oreaster reticulatus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]

Asterias gigas Linnaeus, 1753
Asterias pentacyphus Retzius, 1805
Asterias reticulata Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias sebae de Blainville, 1830
Oreaster aculeatus (Gray, 1840)
Oreaster bermudensis H.L. Clark, 1942
Oreaster gigas Lutken, 1859
Oreaster lapidarius Grube, 1857
Oreaster tuberosus Behn in Mobius, 1859
Pentaceros aculeatus Gray, 1840
Pentaceros gibbus Gray, 1840
Pentaceros grandis Gray, 1840
Pentaceros reticulatus Gray, 1840

Oreaster reticulatus, commonly known as red cushion sea star, is a species of marine invertebrate, a starfish in the family Oreasteridae.

Description

The oral surface of Oreaster reticulatus

Distribution

Oreaster reticulatus occurs in many regions of the Western Central Atlantic, including Bahamas, Cape Frio, Cape Hatteras, the Caribbean Sea, Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Guyanas and Yucatán.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Oreaster reticulatus (Linnaeus, 1768).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178210 on 26 April 2010.

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