WoRMS taxon details
Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891
178019 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178019)
accepted
Genus
Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891 (type by original designation)
Alexandraster Ludwig, 1905 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Lahillea de Loriol, 1904 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
Ortmannia de Loriol, 1906 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1911))
- Species Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891
- Species Poraniopsis inflata (Fisher, 1906)
- Species Poraniopsis capensis H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891 (Synonym according to Madsen (1956))
- Species Poraniopsis japonica Fisher, 1939 accepted as Poraniopsis inflata (Fisher, 1906) (Synonym according to Mah & Foltz (2014))
- Species Poraniopsis jordani Gotshall, 1994 accepted as Poraniopsis inflata (Fisher, 1906) (insufficiently characterized. Mistaken ID in book.)
- Species Poraniopsis mira (de Loriol, 1904) accepted as Poraniopsis echinaster Perrier, 1891 (synonym according to Mah & Foltz (2014))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.105 [details]
page(s): K.105 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178019 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Perrier, E. (1891). Echinoderma I. Stellérides. Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn, 1882-83. 6.Zoologie (3), Paris. 1-198 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34621706
page(s): K.105 [details]
original description (of Alexandraster Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Lahillea de Loriol, 1904) Loriol, P. de. (1904). Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes. Seconde Série, Fasciule II. 68 pp., Bale & Genève/Berlin (Georg & Co./Friedländer).
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Ortmannia de Loriol, 1906) Loriol, P. de. (1904). Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes. Seconde Série, Fasciule II. 68 pp., Bale & Genève/Berlin (Georg & Co./Friedländer).
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record 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]
page(s): K.105 [details]
original description (of Alexandraster Ludwig, 1905) Ludwig, H. (1905). Asteroidea. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard.</em> 32: vii-xii, 1-292+ plates., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28866803
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Lahillea de Loriol, 1904) Loriol, P. de. (1904). Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes. Seconde Série, Fasciule II. 68 pp., Bale & Genève/Berlin (Georg & Co./Friedländer).
page(s): 32 [details]
original description (of Ortmannia de Loriol, 1906) Loriol, P. de. (1904). Notes pour servir à l'étude des échinodermes. Seconde Série, Fasciule II. 68 pp., Bale & Genève/Berlin (Georg & Co./Friedländer).
page(s): 78 [details]
basis of record 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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
