Pentasteria

Updated on Dec 10, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Asteroidea Phylum Echinodermata Order Paxillosida		Subphylum Eleutherozoa Family Astropectinidae Rank Genus

Similar Tethyaster, Geocoma, Urasterella, Pterocoma, Paxillosida

Pentasteria is an extinct genus of sea star that lived from the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Europe.

Selected species

Pentasteria boisteli

Pentasteria elegans

Pentasteria gataui

Pentasteria liasica

Pentasteria longispina

Pentasteria recta

Pentasteria tithonica

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