Pentagonaster (starfish)

Pentagonaster
Pentagonaster pulchellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Goniasteridae
Subfamily:	Pentagonasterinae
Genus:	Pentagonaster Gray, 1840[1]

Pentagonaster is a genus of sea stars in the family Goniasteridae.

Species list

Many species previously in the genus have been assigned to other genera in the subfamily, some also have been absorbed into the following species:

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Pentagonaster duebeni Gray, 1847	Australia
	Pentagonaster elegans Blake in Blake & Zinsmeister, 1988
	Pentagonaster gibbosus Perrier, 1875	Australia
	Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840	New Zealand
	Pentagonaster stibarus H.L. Clark, 1914	Australia

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pentagonaster Gray, 1840".