WoRMS taxon details
Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1877
AphiaID: 123267
AphiaID: 123267
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Porcellanasteridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 (type by monotypy) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Porcellanasteridae Sladen, 1883 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Albatrossaster Ludwig, 1907 (synonym) Albatrossia Ludwig, 1907 (synonym) Albatrossia nuda (Ludwig, 1907) Caulaster Perrier, 1882 (Synonym according to Ludwig (1907)) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1989). Echinoderm Studies, 3: pp. 225-347 (look up in IMIS) [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] basis of record: 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] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster ivanovi Belyaev, 1969 Species Porcellanaster caeruleus Sladen, 1883 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster caulifer Sladen, 1883 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster coeruleus Lieberkind, 1935 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster crassus Sladen, 1883 accepted as Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) Species Porcellanaster eremicus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster fragilis Doderlein, 1921 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster gracilis Sladen, 1883 accepted as Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) Species Porcellanaster granulosus Perrier, 1885 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster inermis Perrier, 1885 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster irregularis Lieberkind, 1932 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster pacificus Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Eremicaster pacificus (Ludwig, 1905) Species Porcellanaster pedunculatus (Perrier, 1882) accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster sladeni (Perrier, 1882) accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster tenebrarius Fisher, 1905 accepted as Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) Species Porcellanaster tuberosus Sladen, 1883 accepted as Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1877 Species Porcellanaster vicinus Ludwig, 1907 accepted as Eremicaster vicinus Ludwig, 1907 Species Porcellanaster waltharii Ludwig, 1905 accepted as Eremicaster crassus (Sladen, 1883) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123267 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1877. 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=123267 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||||||||
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