Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Poraniidae > Genus Porania > Subgenus Porania (Porania) > Species Porania (Porania) pulvillus

Porania (Porania) pulvillus pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Porania*	Gray, 1840	accepted genus name

Subspecies group names

*Asteropsis ctenacantha*	Müller & Troschel, 1842	synonym
*Goniaster templetoni*	Thomson in Forbes, 1839	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 336-351
additional source	Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Porania (Porania) pulvillus pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776). In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125232