Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) is a animal in the Goniasteridae family, order Valvatida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768)
Hippasteria phrygiana is a widespread cold deep-water sea star with distinct body and spine features.
Hippasteria phrygiana (Parelius, 1768) can grow up to 20 centimeters in diameter. It has a large body and short arms. Its upper surface is red, and covered with rounded knob-like spines. Its lower surface holds many large, visible bivalved pedicellariae. This species has an extremely wide distribution, and is found across the three major oceanic basins. It mostly inhabits cold, deep waters.
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Goniodiscaster scaber (Moebius, 1859)
Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840
Fromia nodosa A.M.Clark, 1967
Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869)
Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938
Fromia heffernani (Livingstone, 1931)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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