Hippasteria

Hippasteria is one of 70 genera of sea star in the diverse family Goniasteridae.[1]

Hippasteria
Hippasteria phrygiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Valvatida
Family:
Goniasteridae
Subfamily:
Hippasterinae
Genus:
Hippasteria

Gray, 1840[1]
Synonyms

Hippasteria (Euhippasteria) Dons, 1938
Hippasteria (Nehippasteria) Dons, 1938
Cryptopeltaster Fisher, 1905

Description and characteristics

These sea stars are regular, five-armed starfishes, with a large and flattened central disc. Most of the species in this genus live in deep seas, where they seem to be predators of deep sea coral and cnidarians.[2]

The species Hippasteria phrygiana may be one of the most widely distributed species : it is present in the 3 main oceanic basins.[3]

List of species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the genus Hippasteria is composed of the following twelve species:[1]

  • Hippasteria californica Fisher, 1905
  • Hippasteria falklandica Fisher, 1940
  • Hippasteria heathi Fisher, 1905
  • Hippasteria imperialis Goto, 1914
  • Hippasteria leiopelta Fisher, 1910
  • Hippasteria lepidonotus (Fisher, 1905)
  • Hippasteria magellanica Perrier, 1888
  • Hippasteria mcknighti Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz 2014
  • Hippasteria muscipula Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz 2014
  • Hippasteria nozawai Goto, 1914
  • Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
  • Hippasteria tiburoni Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz 2014

Bibliography
  • Mah, Christopher L.; Neill, K.; Eléaume, Marc; Foltz, D. (2014). "New Species and global revision of Hippasteria (Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 171 (2): 422–456. doi:10.1111/zoj.12131.

References
  1. Mah, Christopher L. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hippasteria Gray, 1840". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  2. Mah, Christopher L. (2014-06-10). "The Hippest Post you Know! New Hippasteria species!". The Echinoblog.
  3. Mah, Christopher L. (2013-02-12). "Starfish Mystery! 3 Oceans,2 Hemispheres,but ONE species?!". The Echinoblog.


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