Poraniopsis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Poraniidae
Genus: Poraniopsis
Species: P. echinaster – P. inflata

Name

Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891

Type species: Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891, by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891: 105–106; — Fisher, 1911: 260–261; — Mah & Foltz, 2014: 356–357.
• Alexandraster Ludwig, 1905
  • Type species: Alexandraster mirus Ludwig, 1905, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1911).
• Lahillea de Loriol, 1904
  • Type species: Lahillea mira de Loriol, 1904, by monotypy.
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1911).
• Ortmannia de Loriol, 1906
  • Synonymised by Fisher (1911).

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. & Foltz, D.W. 2014. New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology. Zootaxa 3795(3): 327–372. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7 Reference page. 
• Perrier, E. 1891. Échinodermes, I. - Stellérides. Mission scientifique du cap Horn, 1882-1883. 6(3): 1–198. BHL Reference page. 

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