Poraniidae is a family of starfishes in the order Valvatida. Members of the family Poraniidae have a moderately well-developed row of marginal plates...
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Porania pulvillus (category Poraniidae)
star or red cushion starfish, is a species of sea star in the family Poraniidae. The specific name pulvillus means "little cushion." Porania pulvillus...
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Oreasteridae Fisher, 1911 family Podosphaerasteridae Fujita & Rowe, 2002 family Poraniidae Perrier, 1875 family Solasteridae Viguier, 1878 family Sphaerasteridae...
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Bathyporania (category Poraniidae)
Bathyporania ascendens is a species of starfish in the family Poraniidae, and the only species of the genus Bathyporania. It is native to the Pacific Ocean...
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Poraniopsis inflata (category Poraniidae)
Poraniopsis inflata, the spiny sea star, is a species of starfish in the family Poraniidae. It is native to the Pacific Ocean and is found in deep water off the...
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Clavaporania (category Poraniidae)
Clavaporania fitchorum is a species of starfish in the family Poraniidae. It is the only known species of the genus Clavaporania. It is native to the South...
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Ocean and the Caribbean Sea Porania pulvillus, a sea star in the family Poraniidae, found in western and northern Europe and the northwest Atlantic This...
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Glabraster (category Poraniidae)
Glabraster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae. It is monotypic, the sole species being Glabraster antarctica. It is also known as the red...
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Poraniopsis (category Poraniidae)
Poraniopsis is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae in the order Valvatida. Poraniopsis echinaster is the type species. The following species are...
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There are 75 species of echinoderm (phylum Echinodermata) recorded in Ireland. Asterias rubens (common sea star) Leptasterias muelleri (northern sea star)...
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Marginaster (category Poraniidae)
Marginaster is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae in the order Valvatida. It was named in 1881 by Edmond Perrier, and the type species is M....
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aware that the name Marginaster was preoccupied by a starfish in the Poraniidae family named by Edmond Perrier in 1881, and therefore renamed the genus...
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Porania (category Poraniidae)
Porania is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae. The following subgenera and species are recognised: Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840 Porania hermanni...
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