WoRMS taxon details
Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840
Species Porania (Porania) hermanni Madsen, 1959
Species Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Porania (Porania) armata Koehler, 1917 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Porania (Porania) grandis Verrill, 1878 accepted as Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878)
Species Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Porania (Porania) armata Koehler, 1917 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
Species Porania (Porania) grandis Verrill, 1878 accepted as Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123644 on 2021-02-27
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Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
