Porania magellanica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Porania
Species: Porania magellanica

Name

Porania magellanica Studer, 1876: 459

• ZooBank: D94FF9A7-DC74-4FA9-9DDD-87F8F6844D49

• Type locality: Strait of Magellan.

• Syntypes: ZMB Collection Echinodermata 2174 [1]; ZMB Collection Echinodermata 2753 [2].

• Status:   junior subjective synonym   of Glabraster antarctica (E.A. Smith, 1876)

• Synonymised by Madsen (1956: 27).

References

• Madsen, F.J. 1956. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948–49. 24. Asteroidea, with a survey of the Asteroidea of the Chilean Shelf. Acta Universitatis Lundensis 52(2): 1–53. PDF. Reference page. 
• Studer, T.R. 1876. Echinodermen aus dem antarktischen Meere und zwei neue Seeigel von den Papua-Inseln, gesammelt auf der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876: 452–465. BHL (German). Reference page. 

Links

• Porania magellanica Studer, 1876 in the World Register of Marine Species, accessed on July 17, 2026