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Actiniscus pentasterias

*Actiniscus pentasterias (Ehrenberg, 1840a, p.111,149) Ehrenberg, 1854, pl.18, fig.61; pl.19, fig.45; pl.33 (XVII), fig.1.

TYPE: Holotype: not designated.

HISTORY: Originally Dictyocha subgenus Actiniscus (Appendix A), subsequently (and now) Actiniscus, thirdly Gymnaster. Downie and Sarjeant (1965, p.82) retained this species in Actiniscus.

COMMENTS: Dumitrica (1973, p.822) considered Dictyocha (now Actiniscus) elegans and Dictyocha (now Actiniscus) sirius to be questionable taxonomic junior synonyms of this species.

AGE: Pliocene.


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