| Hippasteria | |
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| Hippasteria phrygiana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Subfamily: | Hippasterinae |
| Genus: | Hippasteria Gray, 1840 |
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Hippasteria (Euhippasteria) Dons, 1938 | |
Hippasteria is one of 70 genera of sea stars in the diverse family Goniasteridae.
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.
The species Hippasteria phrygiana may be one of the most widely distributed species : it is present in the 3 main oceanic basins.
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the genus Hippasteria is composed of the following twelve species:
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