Deep-Sea taxon details
Porcellanaster caulifer Sladen, 1883
380705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380705)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 222 [details]
page(s): 222 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Porcellanaster caulifer Sladen, 1883. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380705 on 2025-05-23
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Porcellanaster caulifer Sladen, 1883. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380705 on 2025-05-23
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original description
Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 222 [details]
taxonomy source Mironov, A. N.; Dilman, A. B.; Petrov, N. B.; Vladychenskaya, I. P. (2023). Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera <i>Caulaster</i>, <i>Porcellanaster</i> and <i>Eremicaster</i> (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(10): 1032., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/10/1032 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
page(s): 222 [details]
taxonomy source Mironov, A. N.; Dilman, A. B.; Petrov, N. B.; Vladychenskaya, I. P. (2023). Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera <i>Caulaster</i>, <i>Porcellanaster</i> and <i>Eremicaster</i> (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(10): 1032., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/10/1032 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Synonymized with P. caeruleus according to Madsen (1961) but reinstated by Mironov et al. (2023) [details]
