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Porania Gray, 1840

123320  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123320)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Valvatida (Order)
  10. Poraniidae (Family)
  11. Porania (Genus)
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Gymnasterias · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Subgenus Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840
    1. Species Porania (Porania) hermanni Madsen, 1959
    2. Species Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
    3. Species Porania (Porania) armata Koehler, 1917 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
    4. Species Porania (Porania) grandis Verrill, 1878 accepted as Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878)
  2. Subgenus Porania (Pseudoporania) Dons, 1936
    1. Species Porania (Pseudoporania) stormi Dons, 1936
  3. Subgenus Porania (Chondraster) Verrill, 1895 accepted as Chondraster Verrill, 1895 (Raised to genus by Verrill (1914))
    1. Species Porania (Chondraster) hermanni Madsen, 1959 accepted as Porania (Porania) hermanni Madsen, 1959
    2. Species Porania (Chondraster) insignis Verrill, 1895 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus insignis Verrill, 1895 (Subspecies according to A.M. Clark (1984))
  4. Species Porania antarctica E. A. Smith, 1876 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876)
  5. Species Porania armata Koehler, 1917 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
  6. Species Porania austera (Verrill, 1899) accepted as Marginaster austerus Verrill, 1899 accepted as Marginaster pectinatus Perrier, 1881
  7. Species Porania borealis (Verrill, 1878) accepted as Poraniomorpha (Poraniomorpha) hispida (M. Sars, 1872) (Synonym according to Koehler (1909))
  8. Species Porania gibbosa Leach in Gray, 1840 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776) (nomen nudum)
  9. Species Porania glaber Sladen, 1889 accepted as Glabraster antarctica glaber Sladen, 1889 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to A.M. Clark (1962) & Guille (1974))
  10. Species Porania grandis Verrill, 1878 accepted as Chondraster grandis (Verrill, 1878) (synonym)
  11. Species Porania insignis Verrill, 1895 accepted as Porania (Porania) pulvillus insignis Verrill, 1895 (Subspecies accoridng to A.M. Clark (1984))
  12. Species Porania magellanica Studer, 1876 accepted as Glabraster antarctica magellanica (Studer, 1876) accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Subspecies according to Madsen (1956) and A.M. Clark (1984).)
  13. Species Porania patagonica Perrier, 1878 accepted as Porania magellanica Studer, 1876 accepted as Glabraster antarctica magellanica (Studer, 1876) accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Nomen nudum, P. magellanica according to Sladen (1889).)
  14. Species Porania spiculata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Glabraster antarctica (E. A. Smith, 1876) (Synonym according to Fisher (1940))
  15. Species Porania spinulosa Verrill, 1880 accepted as Poraniomorpha (Poraniomorpha) hispida (M. Sars, 1872) (Synonym according to Koehler (1909))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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
page(s): 288 [details] 
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Porania Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123320 on 2024-11-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hansson, Hans
2008-06-11 12:57:51Z
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Danis, Bruno
2019-07-01 06:40:03Z
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Mah, Christopher

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original description 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
page(s): 288 [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] 

additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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