Hippasteria californica

Description

General: Substantial morphological variation in specimens in deep and southern range collections.

General: Compare with H. lepidonotus. Light orange-pink, numerous long dorsal spines (note pattern), inflated, relatively small, longer perimeter spines.

Geographic Information

Ocean range (global): Aleutians, Canada to Gulf of California.

Published depth range: 110 - 2373 m (as shallow as 30 m in British Columbia).

Habitat description: Benthic.

Additional Information

References

Encyclopedia of Life

Tree of Life

World Register of Marine Species

National Center for Biotechnology Information

Mah, C., K. Neill, M. Eléaume, and D. Foltz (2014). New species and global revision ofHippasteria(Hippasterinae: Goniasteridae; Asteroidea; Echinodermata). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 171: 422-456. http://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12131