WoRMS taxon details
Poraniidae Perrier, 1875
AphiaID: 123138
AphiaID: 123138
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Valvatida | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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. and M.E. Downey. (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] additional source: Massin, Claude (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Chondraster Verrill, 1895 Genus Porania Gray, 1840 Genus Poraniomorpha Danielssen & Koren, 1881 Genus Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891 Genus Spoladaster Fisher, 1940 Genus Tylaster Danielssen & Koren, 1881 Genus Marginaster Perrier, 1881 (nomen dubium) Genus Alexandraster Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891 Genus Cheilaster Bell, 1893 accepted as Chondraster Verrill, 1895 Genus Glabraster A.H. Clark, 1916 accepted as Porania Gray, 1840 Genus Lahillea de Loriol, 1904 accepted as Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891 Genus Lasiaster Sladen, 1889 accepted as Poraniomorpha Danielssen & Koren, 1881 Genus Ortmannia de Loriol, 1906 accepted as Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891 Genus Poranisca Verrill, 1914 accepted as Marginaster Perrier, 1881 Genus Pseudoporania Dons, 1936 accepted as Porania (Pseudoporania) Dons, 1936 Genus Rhegaster Sladen, 1883 accepted as Poraniomorpha Danielssen & Koren, 1881 Genus Sphaeraster Dons, 1938 accepted as Poraniomorpha Danielssen & Koren, 1881 Genus Sphaeriaster Dons, 1939 accepted as Poraniomorpha Danielssen & Koren, 1881 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123138 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Poraniidae. In: Mah, C.L. (2013). World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123138 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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