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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Asterozoa
Classis: Asteroidea
Ordo: Paxillosida

Familia: Porcellanasteridae
Genus: Porcellanaster
Species: P. caulifer – P. ceruleus – P. ivanovi – P. sladeni – P. tuberosus
Name

Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1878

Type species: Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, 1878, by monotypy.
Synonymy

Porcellanaster Wyville Thomson, 1878: 351, 352; — Sladen, 1883: 217–218; 1889: 129–134; — Madsen, 1961: 123–126; — Mironov et al., 2023: 9.

References

Madsen, F.J. 1961. The Porcellanasteridae. A monographic revision of an abyssal group of sea-stars. Galathea Report. 4: 33–174. Reference page.
Mironov, A.N., Dilman, A.B., Petrov, N.B., Vladychenskaya, I.P. 2023. Taxonomic Status and Composition of the Genera Caulaster, Porcellanaster and Eremicaster (Asteroidea) Based on Juvenile Morphology and Molecular Phylogenetic Data. Diversity. 15(10): 1–50. DOI: 10.3390/d15101032 Open access. Reference page.
Sladen, P. 1883. The Asteroidea of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition - Part II. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 17: 214–269. BHL Reference page.
Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.
Thomson, C.W. 1878. The voyage of the "Challenger" : the Atlantic : a preliminary account of the general results of the exploring voyage of H.M.S. "Challenger" during the year 1873 and the early part of the year 1876. Harper, New York. Vol. 1, 399 pp. BHL; vol. 2, 340 pp. BHL Reference page.

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