Overview
Distribution
In Panama this species has been collected from the Pearl Islands Archipelago (depth 8 m), Gulf of Panama and off Coiba Island (USNM E 7598, USNM E 7599, USNM E 7600), Gulf of Chiriqui, eastern Pacific, North Pacific Ocean.
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The Echinoderms of Panama
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Physical Description
Diagnostic Description
References and links
Gray, J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290.
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Synonymised taxa
Oreaster hawaiiensis (Fisher, 1906) (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Oreaster occidentalis Verrill, 1870 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros cumingi Gray, 1840
Pentaceros hawaiiensis Fisher, 1906 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1936))
Pentaceros occidentalis (Verrill, 1870)
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Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 21171
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Molokai Island, Moku, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 79 to 121
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Holotype: Fisher. 1906. Bull. U.S. Fish. Commn. 3: 1072-1074, pl.32, figs.1-3, pl.33, fig.1, pl.34, fig.3.
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Catalog Number: USNM 31949
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Molokai Island, Moku, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 79 to 121
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Paratype: Fisher. 1906. Bull. U.S. Fish. Commn. 3: 1072-1074, pl.32, figs.1-3, pl.33, fig.1, pl.34, fig.3.
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Catalog Number: USNM 31948
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Molokai Island, Moku, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 79 to 134
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Paratype: Fisher. 1906. Bull. U.S. Fish. Commn. 3: 1072-1074, pl.32, figs.1-3, pl.33, fig.1, pl.34, fig.3.
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Catalog Number: USNM 32199
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Dry
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Molokai Island, Moku, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 79 to 134
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Paratype: Fisher. 1906. Bull. U.S. Fish. Commn. 3: 1072-1074, pl.32, figs.1-3, pl.33, fig.1, pl.34, fig.3.
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Catalog Number: USNM 31302
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Preparation: Alcohol (Ethanol)
Collector(s): United States Fish Commission
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: Molokai Island, Moku, Hawaii, United States, North Pacific Ocean
Depth (m): 79 to 134
Vessel: Albatross R/V
- Paratype: Fisher. 1906. Bull. U.S. Fish. Commn. 3: 1072-1074, pl.32, figs.1-3, pl.33, fig.1, pl.34, fig.3.
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Ecology
Habitat
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 9 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): 8 - 31
Temperature range (°C): 20.900 - 23.430
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.356 - 10.745
Salinity (PPS): 34.829 - 35.000
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.753 - 4.766
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.568 - 1.100
Silicate (umol/l): 5.633 - 10.364
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): 8 - 31
Temperature range (°C): 20.900 - 23.430
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.356 - 10.745
Salinity (PPS): 34.829 - 35.000
Oxygen (ml/l): 3.753 - 4.766
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.568 - 1.100
Silicate (umol/l): 5.633 - 10.364
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Oreaster occidentalis
There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Oreaster occidentalis
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Pentaceraster cumingi
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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