Asteroidea taxon details
original description
Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. <em>American Journal of Science,.</em> 3(49): 127-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168768 page(s): 138 [details]
original description
(of Porania insignis Verrill, 1895) Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. <em>American Journal of Science,.</em> 3(49): 127-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168768 page(s): 138 [details]
original description
(of Porania (Chondraster) insignis Verrill, 1895) Verrill, A.E. (1895). Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. <em>American Journal of Science,.</em> 3(49): 127-141., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40168768 page(s): 138 [details]
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record
Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy As noted by A.M. Clark (1984), P. insignis is probably conspecific with and threatened by Asterina (subsequently Poranisca) pygmaea Verrill, 1878, which needs to be formally rejected by the ICZN. [details]From other sources
Distribution Range covers both subprovinces of Acadian and Virginian. [details]
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