New taxa and taxonomic revisions to the Poraniidae (Valvatacea; Asteroidea) with Comments on Feeding Biology
Author
Mah, Christopher L.
Author
Foltz, David W.
text
Zootaxa
2014
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Culcitopsis borealis
(
Süssbach & Breckner 1911
)
?
Marginaster pentagonus
Perrier
in Milne-Edwards 1882: 51;
Perrier 1894
: 165
–167, pl. 11, fig. 4
Culctia borealis
Süssbach & Breckner 1911
: 217
–218, pl1, figs 4–6;
Farran 1913
(pt): 15–16 (sts SR 223 and 486 only), pl. 2, figs 1, 2.
Culcitopsis borealis
Verrill 1914b
: 21
;
Koehler 1924
: 160
–161, pl. 2, figs 20, 21;
Cherbonnier & Sibuet 1973
: 1348
; A.M. Clark 1976: 257.
Poraniomorpha hispida
(pt)
Mortensen 1927
: 92
–93
Poraniomorpha hispida
var.
borealis
Grieg 1927
: 131
–133, 135, figs 1–6
Poraniomorpha hispida
Gallo 1937
: 1664
–1667, pl. 81;?Monteiro-Marques 1980: 99
Sphaeraster berthae
Dons 1938: 163
–164, figs. 1–6
Spheriaster berthae
Dons 1939
: 37
Poraniomorpha (Culcitopsis) borealis
A.M. Clark 1984
: 33
–41 (pt), figs 8a, 9C–F, 10B–F, 12A–D, 13A, B.
Occurrence.
North Atlantic. Lydonia Canyon, south side of George’s Bank (off Cape Cod) to the vicinity of Hudson Canyon, SE of New York. In the NE Atlantic from northern
Norway
south to the British Isles, Porcupine Seabight SW of
Ireland
to southern
Portugal
, Faeroe Islands.
110–1170 m
.
Material examined.
USNM
E30691
, Lydonia Canyon,
40º20”N
67º41’W
,
1102 m
, Coll. R/V Alvin (1 dry spec. R=3.6, r=1.9)