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is a highly diverse member of the
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which currently includes 14 species and occurs widely across the Indo-Pacific.Although formally described by Döderlein, (1916, 1935, 1936), there is substantial variation within and among
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species
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and other genera within the
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, leading to some taxonomic controversy between species (e.g.
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and
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A626DBC0EFB9C4272" box="[830,1085,584,609]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster cumingi</emphasis>
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).
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A guide and checklist of
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spp.
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in Southern
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and
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was presented by
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with a key to species across the Indo-Pacific by
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. We record two species,
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and
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from
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waters, in addition to
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A62ABBCF2FAB742DE" box="[1016,1302,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster magnificus</emphasis>
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as recorded from
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by
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bringing the total number of
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A62E0BC9EFBF142E2" box="[947,1104,728,753]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster</emphasis>
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in
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to three.
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A6194BCBAFE514306" box="[199,496,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster magnificus</emphasis>
(Goto 1914)
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was compared with
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A62F3BCBAFB004306" box="[928,1185,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster regulus</emphasis>
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forma
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and
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A61C4BD66FE09432A" box="[151,424,800,825]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster japonicus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5826365D7A60FCBD59FDC0432A" author="Doderlein, L." box="[431,609,799,825]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="409 - 440" refId="ref38394" refString="Doderlein, L. (1916) Uber die Gattung Oreaster und verwandte. Zoologische Jahrbucher, 40, 409 - 440." type="journal article" year="1916">Döderlein 1916</bibRefCitation>
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. Descriptions of these species list the absent spination from the abactinal-lateral and marginal surfaces, suggesting they all likely conspecific with
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A6299BD02FB4B434E" box="[970,1258,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster magnificus</emphasis>
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. A more formal account of this synonymy is in preparation.
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The other two species of
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A60A1BDCAFD2E43B6" box="[498,655,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster</emphasis>
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in
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are differentiated based on spination present on the marginal plates.
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displays spines on all marginal plates with strongly developed spination on the abactinal and lateral surfaces, whereas
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A633FBD92FC2343FE" box="[620,898,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster alveolatus</emphasis>
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displays spines only on the distal inferomarginal plates with indistinct or weakly developed abactinal-lateral spination.
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Relatively little is known regarding the biology and ecology of
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="EF874B5826365D7A650EBA5DFA8C4426" author="Thomassin, B. A." box="[1117,1325,1051,1077]" pageId="57" pageNumber="58" pagination="51 - 65" refId="ref42925" refString="Thomassin, B. A. (1976) Feeding behaviour of the felt-, sponge-, and coral-feeder sea stars, mainly Culcita schmideliana. Helgolander wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 28, 51 - 65. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 01610796" type="journal article" year="1976">Thomassin (1976)</bibRefCitation>
observed
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<emphasis id="B962EABB26365D7A61C4BA06FE62444A" box="[151,451,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="57" pageNumber="58">Pentaceraster mammilatus</emphasis>
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in the Indian Ocean, occurring primarily on eelgrass where he believed they were feeding on microalgae and biofilms. However observation herein suggests a broader range of prey.
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