The World Asteroidea Database - Poraniopsis japonica Fisher, 1939

WoRMS name details

Poraniopsis japonica Fisher, 1939

AphiaID

381964 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381964)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Mah & Foltz (2014))

Accepted Name

Poraniopsis inflata (Fisher, 1906)

Rank

Species

Parent

Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891

Orig. name

Poraniopsis japonica Fisher, 1939

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1939). A new sea star of the genus <i>Poraniopsis</i> from Japan. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 86: 469-472. [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Poraniopsis japonica Fisher, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381964 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2014-05-21 15:59:31Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description Fisher, W.K. (1939). A new sea star of the genus <i>Poraniopsis</i> from Japan. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 86: 469-472. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 5603)