Hippasteria phrygiana  (Spiny Red Sea Star)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #15882)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sutton Island, Skookumchuck Narrows
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	subtidal, cobble, boulders
Photo Date
Upload Date	January 08, 2012
Elevation (m)	-10
Latitude	49.7594444444444
Longitude	-123.935555555556
Photo ID #	15882
Comments	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.