Poraniomorpha abyssicola

Poraniomorpha abyssicola, dorsal view.

Poraniomorpha abyssicola, ventral view.

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: Poraniomorpha
Species: Poraniomorpha abyssicola

Name

Poraniomorpha abyssicola (Verrill, 1895)

Original combination: Rhegaster abyssicola Verrill, 1895

Type locality: Albatross R/V station 2226, 10 Sep 1884, North Atlantic Ocean, U.S.A., east of Virginia, 37°N 71.9°W / 37; -71.9, depth 3740 m.

Holotype: USNM 8140 [1].

Synonymy

• Rhegaster abyssicola Verrill, 1895: 140.
• Poraniomorpha abyssicola (Verrill, 1895) Grieg, 1906: 42; — Mah & Foltz, 2014: 351, figs. 7A–C, F; — Mah, 2020: 215, fig. 5C.

References

• Grieg, J.A. 1906. Echinodermen von dem norwegischen Fischereidampfer 'Michael Sars' in den Jahren 1900-1903 gesammelt. III. Asteroidea. Bergens Museums Aarbog. 1906(13): 1–88. BHL. Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2020. New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer. Zootaxa. 4766(2): 201-260. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 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. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1895. Distribution of the echinoderms of north–eastern America. American Journal of Science. 3(49): 127-141. BHL. Reference page. 

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