''Hacelia attenuata'' is a species of
sea star. The type species of the genus ''
Hacelia
''Hacelia'' is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Ophidiasteridae.
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of ...
'', it was described by
John Edward Gray in 1840. It is found in the
Mediterranean Sea.
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Ophidiasteridae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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