Hippasteria muscipula

Hippasteria muscipula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Subfamilia: Hippasterinae
Genus: Hippasteria
Species: Hippasteria muscipula

Name

Hippasteria muscipula Mah et al., 2014

• Type locality: 'off New Zealand, 42°49′41.988′′S, 179°49′54.12′′W to 42°50′35.9′′S to 179°50′6′′W, 864-892 m ... TRIP 2626/197'

• Holotype: NIWA 61503

Synonymy

• Hippasteria muscipula Mah et al., 2014 : 438, fig. 6A–F; — Mah, 2015: 224–225; — Mah, 2025: 307–309, figs. 22A–C, 23A–C.

References

• Mah, C.L. 2015b. New species, corallivory, in situ video observations and overview of the Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) in the Hawaiian Region. Zootaxa 3926(2): 211–228. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.2.3 Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L. 2025b. New taxa of Valvatida (Asteroidea) with an overview of bivalve pedicellariae proposed form and function. Megataxa 18(1): 262–347. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.18.1.3 . Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L., Neill K., Eléaume, M., Foltz, F.W. 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 Reference page.