Description
Geographic Information
Ocean range (global):
Oregon to Mancora Bank.
Published depth range:
48 - 1094 m
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
Maluf, L.Y. (1988). Composition and distribution of the Central Eastern Pacific echinoderms. Technical Reports, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 2:242.
Citation:
Poraniopsis inflata
((Fisher, 1906) ) Deep-Sea Guide (DSG) at http://dsg/mbari.org/dsg/view/concept/Poraniopsis%20inflata. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Consulted on 2025-04-05.