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Evoplosoma

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Kingdom
  
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Asteroidea

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Genus

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Hippasterinae

Evoplosoma

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Hippasteria, Calliaster, Goniasteridae, Hippasteria phrygiana, Mediaster aequalis

Evoplosoma is a genus of deep-sea sea star in the family Goniasteridae.

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Description and characteristics

These sea stars are regular, five-armed starfishes, with a large and central disc. Most of the species in this genus live in deep seas, where they seem to be predators of deep sea coral and other cnidarians.

List of species

According to the World Register of Marine Species:

  • Evoplosoma augusti Koehler, 1909
  • Evoplosoma claguei Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010
  • Evoplosoma forcipifera Fisher, 1906
  • Evoplosoma scorpio Downey, 1981
  • Evoplosoma tasmanica (McKnight, 2006)
  • Evoplosoma timorensis Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
  • Evoplosoma virgo Downey, 1982
  • Evoplosoma voratus Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010
  • Evoplosoma watlingi Mah, 2015
  • References

    Evoplosoma Wikipedia


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