Porania

Porania pulvillus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Porania
Subgenus: P. (Pseudoporania)

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Porania (s. str.) species: P. hermanni – P. pulvillus

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Species overview: P. hermanni – P. pulvillus – P. stormi

Name

Porania Gray, 1840

Type species: Goniaster templetoni Thomson in Forbes, 1839

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page.  [original description of Porania p. 288–289]

Additional references

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page.  [p. 165]
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.  [p. 358–359]