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Genus of starfishes

Porania

Porania pulvillus aboral and oral surfaces
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Poraniidae
Genus:	Porania Gray, 1840
Species
3 species (see text)
Synonyms
Gymnasterias

Porania is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae.

Species

The following subgenera and species are recognised:

Porania (Porania) Gray, 1840
- Porania hermanni Madsen, 1959
- Porania pulvillus (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Porania (Pseudoporania) Dons, 1936
- Porania stormi Dons, 1936

References

^ Mah CL, ed. (2024). "Porania Gray, 1840". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 September 2024.

Taxon identifiers
Porania	Wikidata: Q3466252 Wikispecies: Porania ADW: Porania AFD: Porania BOLD: 193721 CoL: 7PTRL GBIF: 2273079 iNaturalist: 247122 IRMNG: 1019037 ITIS: 157143 NBN: NHMSYS0021054100 NCBI: 55646 Open Tree of Life: 843668 WoRMS: 123320

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