The World Asteroidea Database - Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840

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Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840

AphiaID

123644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123644)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Porania Gray, 1840

Direct children (4)

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Species Porania (Porania) hermanni Madsen, 1959
Species Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Porania (Porania) armata Koehler, 1917 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Porania (Porania) grandis Verrill, 1878 accepted as Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123644 on 2024-10-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2005-07-28 06:51:10Z

changed

Braeckman, Ulrike

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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