Description
General:
No pedicellariae; feeds on deep-sea corals.
Geographic Information
Habitat description:
Benthic.
Additional Information
Consulting taxonomist:
Christopher Mah, Smithsonian Natural History Museum.
References
Encyclopedia of LifeTree of Life
World Register of Marine Species
National Center for Biotechnology Information
Mah, C.L. and D.W. Foltz (2014). New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with comments on feeding biology. Zootaxa, 3795: 327-372. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3795.3.7
Citation:
Bathyporania ascendens
(Mah & Foltz, 2014) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Bathyporania%20ascendens. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2024-04-26.