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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Echinodermata (phylum) » Asteroidea (class) » Valvatida (order) » Poraniidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 25 142902 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Glabraster spp. |
Rank: | Genus |
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Taxon Notes: | Southern Ocean members of this genus were previously placed in the north Atlantic/Arctic genus Porania. See Mah & Foltz, 2014. This code is provided for use when identification of a specimen to this level is sufficient, or when no further detail is available. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Mah, C.L., Foltz, D.W., 2014. New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology., Zootaxa, Vol. 3795(3): 327-372. |