Amphipentas pentacrinus Ehrenberg 1841

Publication Details
Amphipentas pentacrinus Ehrenberg 1841: 205

Published in: Ehrenberg, [C.G.] (1840). [Characteristik von 274 neuen Arten von Infusorien]. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1840: 197-219.

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Type Species
This is the type species (holotype) of the genus Amphipentas.

Status of Name
This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Type Information
Type locality: Fossilis in Graeciae marga” [Miocene, Greece] ; (Ehrenberg 1840: 205)

Fossil
Described as a fossil, but extant.

General Environment
This is a marine species.

Created: 13 March 2006 by M.D. Guiry.

Last updated: 16 January 2025

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Nomenclatural note
Pentacrinus is a genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere. Ehrenberg seemingly meant the epithet as a noun as the species has 5 arms. - (19 February 2016) - M.D. Guiry

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Luka Sato in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 16 January 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 15 April 2025

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