Genus Porcellanaster Thomson, 1877
- Porcellanaster Thomson, W.C. 1877. The voyage of the Challenger. The Atlantic 1: Vol. 1 424 pp.; Vol. 2 396 pp. [378].
Type species:
Porcellanaster ceruleus Thomson, 1877 by monotypy. - Albatrossaster Ludwig, H. 1907. Diagnosen neuer Tiefsee-Seesterne aus der Familie der Porcellanasteriden. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 312-319 [318] [nom. nov. for
Albatrossia Ludwig, 1905].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Madsen, F.J. 1961. The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Report 4: 34-174 figs 1-43 pls 1-12 [123]
- Clark, A.M. 1989. An index of names of recent Asteroidea—Part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. pp. 225-347 in Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (eds). Echinoderm Studies. Rotterdam : A.A. Balkema Vol. 3.
- Belyaev, G.M & Mironov, A.N. 1996. Starfishes Porcellanaster and Caulaster (Porcellanasteridae) from the Atlantic and the Antarctic. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 75(6): 886-899 [Date published 31/12/1996] [887]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
IMCRA
Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), West Tasmania Transition (9)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |