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Poraniidae  Perrier, 1893
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157137

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyPoraniidae Perrier, 1893  
    Direct Children:  
                            GenusBathyporania Mah & Foltz, 2014  
                            GenusChondraster Verrill, 1895  
                            GenusClavaporania Mah & Foltz, 2014  
                            GenusCulcitopsis Verrill, 1914  
                            GenusGlabraster A. H. Clark, 1916  
                            GenusMarginaster Perrier, 1881  
                            GenusPorania Gray, 1840  
                            GenusPoraniomorpha Danielssen & Koren, 1881  
                            GenusPoraniopsis Perrier, 1891  
                            GenusSpoladaster Fisher, 1940  
                            GenusTylaster Danielssen & Koren, 1881  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah   
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Poraniidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Poraniidae   
       
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Poraniidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Mah, Christopher L., and David W. Foltz   
  Publication Date: 2014   
  Article/Chapter Title: New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, issue 3795, no. 3   
  Page(s): 327-372   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7; available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2014/3795%283%29.html   
  Reference for: Poraniidae   
       

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  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123138  
 

 

    


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