Hippasteria muscipula feeding
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Summary[edit] Description: English: A deep-sea sea star (Hippasteria muscipula) observed while feeding on coral, off Hawaii. Yellow animals are commensal or parasitic polychaete worms. Picture from the NOAA Okeanos Explorer 2015 mission. Date: 2 September 2015, 23:44:00. Source: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/media/exstream/exstream_02.html. Author: NOAA Okeanos Explorer.
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Echinodermata (echinoderms)
- Asterozoa
- Asteroidea (sea stars)
- Valvatida
- Goniasteridae
- Hippasteria
- Hippasteria muscipula
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