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Poraniopsis
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Poraniopsis

Poraniopsis is a genus of starfish in the family Poraniidae in the order Valvatida. Poraniopsis echinaster is the type species.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Northeastern Pacific Sea Star

speciesPoraniopsis inflata

Reticulated Spiny Star

speciesPoraniopsis echinaster

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195844.