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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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Identifiers
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