''Hippasteria'' is one of 70
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
of
sea star in the diverse family
Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae (the biscuit stars) constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family also include several colorful shallow tropical species.
Description
Goni ...
.
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
cnidarian
Cnidaria () is a phylum under kingdom Animalia containing over 11,000 species of aquatic animals found both in freshwater and marine environments, predominantly the latter.
Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that th ...
s.
The species ''
Hippasteria phrygiana
''Hippasteria phrygiana'' is a sea star species, member of the Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae (the biscuit stars) constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family al ...
'' may be one of the most widely distributed species : it is present in the 3 main oceanic basins.
List of species
According to the
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the genus ''Hippasteria'' is composed of the following twelve species:
* ''
Hippasteria californica''
Fisher, 1905
* ''
Hippasteria falklandica
''Hippasteria'' is one of 70 genus, genera of sea star in the diverse family Goniasteridae.
Description and characteristics
These sea stars are regular, five-armed starfishes, with a large and flattened central disc.
Most of the species in t ...
''
Fisher, 1940
* ''
Hippasteria heathi''
Fisher, 1905
* ''
Hippasteria imperialis''
Goto
GoTo (goto, GOTO, GO TO or other case combinations, depending on the programming language) is a statement found in many computer programming languages. It performs a one-way transfer of control to another line of code; in contrast a function ca ...
, 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
GoTo (goto, GOTO, GO TO or other case combinations, depending on the programming language) is a statement found in many computer programming languages. It performs a one-way transfer of control to another line of code; in contrast a function ca ...
, 1914
* ''
Hippasteria phrygiana
''Hippasteria phrygiana'' is a sea star species, member of the Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae (the biscuit stars) constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family al ...
''
(Parelius, 1768)
* ''
Hippasteria tiburoni''
Mah, Neill, Eleaume & Foltz 2014
Image:Hippasteria imperialis.jpg, '' Hippasteria imperialis''
Image:Hippasteria mcknighti.jpg, '' Hippasteria mcknighti''
Image:Hippasteria muscipula Hawaii.jpg, '' Hippasteria muscipula''
Image:Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary 2010 Solaster dawsoni attacking Hippasteria spinosa.jpg, ''Hippasteria phrygiana
''Hippasteria phrygiana'' is a sea star species, member of the Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae (the biscuit stars) constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family al ...
'' attacked by '' Solaster dawsoni''
Image:Hippasteria tiburoni.JPG, '' Hippasteria tiburoni''
Bibliography
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References
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