Poraster: Brief Summary
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Poraster superbus is a species of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. It is the sole species in the genus Poraster.
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Also distributed in Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippines, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, continental shelf, inner continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, (?Indo)-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 25-55 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne).
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