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Arctic cushion star

Hippasteria phrygiana

Classification

Hippasteria phrygiana, commonly known as the trojan star, is a sea star species, a member of the Goniasteridae family. Description and characteristics This species grows up to 20 cm in diameter, with short arms and a large body. The upper surface is red and covered with rounded knob-like spines; the lower surface contains many macroscopic bivalved pedicellariae.

Distribution

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Canada · 542Norway · 204United States of America · 154Denmark · 15Chile · 6Sweden · 1