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Species of starfish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hippasteria phrygiana is a sea star species, a member of the Goniasteridae family.
| Hippasteria phrygiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Hippasteria |
| Species: | H. phrygiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hippasteria spinosa Verrill, 1909 | |
This species grows up to 20 cm in diameter, with short arms and a large body. The upper surface is red and covered with rounded knob-like spines; the lower surface contains many macroscopic bivalved pedicellariae.
This species is incredibly widely distributed: it is present in the 3 main oceanic basins.[1]
It lives mostly in cold and deep waters.[1]
This species feeds mostly on cnidarians, especially deep-sea corals.[2]
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