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Poraniidae

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Description

PORANIIDAE

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As summarized by Mah and Foltz (2012), poraniids were previously thought to be ciliary suspension feeders but ongoing evidence has shown multiple poraniids displaying predatory habits. Observations by the Okeanos Explorer have identified at least two species displaying spongivorous habits. Other observations of deep-water poraniids include the Pacific Bathyporania ascendens feeding on antipatharians (Mah and Foltz 2014) and Porania pulvillus feeding on alcyonaceans (Ericsson & Hansson, 1973). Under aquarium conditions, Chadwick (1916) has reported Porania pulvillus attacking and devouring sea anemones (Adamsia palliata).

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Published as part of Mah, Christopher L., 2020, New species, occurrence records and observations of predation by deep-sea Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from the North Atlantic by NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, pp. 201-260 in Zootaxa 4766 (2) on pages 212-213, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3764018

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AE8786FFB6D54CFF4026B6FB895CA3

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.2.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3764018 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF97FFFEFFBDD540FFD72117FFDE5D28 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B47DC09C-181A-4DFE-B415-770AFFC11BD3 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03AE8786FFB6D54CFF4026B6FB895CA3 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/163737299 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/22829/taxon/03AE8786FFB6D54CFF4026B6FB895CA3.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Poraniidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Valvatida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Taxon rank
family

References

  • Mah, C. L. & Foltz, D. W. (2014) New Taxa and Taxonomic Revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology. Zootaxa, 3795 (3), 327 - 372. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3795.3.7
  • Ericsson, J. & Hansson, H. G. (1973) Observations on the feeding biology of Porania pulvillus (O. F. Mu ยจ ller), (Asteroidea), from the Swedish west coast. Ophelia, 12 (1 - 2), 53 - 58. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00785326.1973.10430119
  • Chadwick, H. C. (1916) Asteroids Feeding upon Living Sea-Anemones. Nature, 96, 677. https: // doi. org / 10.1038 / 096677 b 0