Sthenaster emmae

Sthenaster emmae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Subfamily: Hippasterinae
Genus: Sthenaster
Species: Sthenaster emmae
Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010

Sthenaster emmae is a species of deep sea corallivores (preys on deep-sea corals). It is the only known species in its genus. This species in particular is found in the tropical Atlantic.[1]

References

  1. Mah, Christopher; Nizinski, Martha; Lundsten, Lonny (2010). "Phylogenetic revision of the Hippasterinae (Goniasteridae; Asteroidea): systematics of deep sea corallivores, including one new genus and three new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 160 (2): 266–301. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00638.x. ISSN 0024-4082.

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