Poraniopsis echinaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Poraniopsis
Species: Poraniopsis echinaster

Name

Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891

Type locality: South Pacific Ocean, Chile, Bahia Nassau, depth 95 m.

Syntype: MNHN-IE-2014-250 [1].

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891: K106–K107, pl. 10 figs. 2–2a; — Fisher, 1940: 158–159; — Mah & Foltz, 2014: 357–358.

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. & Foltz, D.W. 2014. New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology. Zootaxa 3795(3): 327–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7 Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1891. Échinodermes, I. - Stellérides. Mission scientifique du cap Horn, 1882-1883. 6(3): 1–198. BHL Reference page. 

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