The World Asteroidea Database - Poraster Döderlein, 1916

Asteroidea taxon details

Poraster Döderlein, 1916

AphiaID

205346 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205346)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Oreasteridae Fisher, 1908

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Species Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859)
Species Poraster indicus (Koehler, 1910) accepted as Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859) (A variety of P. superbus according to Doderlein (1936).)
Species Poraster productus Döderlein, 1916 accepted as Poraster superbus (Möbius, 1859) (A synonym according to Doderlein (1936))

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Döderlein, L. (1916). Uber die Gattung Oreaster und verwandte. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 40: 409-440., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9759800
page(s): 438 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Poraster Döderlein, 1916. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205346 on 2026-09-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-08 21:59:56Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-29 10:30:23Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

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Martinez, Olga

2008-12-07 02:46:14Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Döderlein, L. (1916). Uber die Gattung Oreaster und verwandte. Zoologische Jahrbücher. 40: 409-440., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9759800
page(s): 438 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

Unreviewed

Remark Type species: Oreaster productus Bell, 1884 (=a variety of Poraster superbus Möbius, 1859) according to Döderlein (1936), by original designation (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

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