New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology

New molecular phylogenetic data and new specimens provide the basis for a revision of the family Poraniidae. We present molecular phylogenetic data for five out of 11 genera in the Poraniidae including a newly discovered taxon from the North Pacific. Bathyporania ascendens nov. gen., nov. sp., is de...

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Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: MAH, CHRISTOPHER L., FOLTZ, DAVID W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2014
Subjects:
Echinodermata
Valvatacea
Asteroidea
Pacific
Davidson
Macquarie Island
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3795.3.7
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7

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