E-Fauna Photo Gallery
Hippasteria phrygiana
(Spiny Red Sea Star)
© Royal BC Museum (Photo ID #2315)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island
Photographer
Royal BC Museum
Habitat
subtidal rock
Photo Date
July 01, 1976
Upload Date
October 30, 2007
Elevation (m)
UTM Zone #
Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
2315
Notes
Photo: Brent Cooke, RBCM. Close-up shows the conspicuous bivalved, unstalked pedicellariae (mini-pincers). Recent DNA work has shown that H. spinosa is the same as Hippasteria phrygiana. The latter takes precidence as it is the older name. Reference: Foltz, D.W. et.al. 2013. Global population divergence of the sea star Hippasteria phrygiana corresponds to the onset of the last glacial period of the Pleistocene. Marine Biology (2013): 1-12.
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