Nymphaster arenatus
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| Nymphaster arenatus | |
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| In the Gulf of Mexico | |
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| Scale bar=2 cm. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Nymphaster |
| Species: | N. arenatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Nymphaster arenatus (Perrier, 1881) | |
Nymphaster arenatus is a species of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae that is native to the eastern-central Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.[1][2]
It lives at a depth of 58-3000 meters in subtropical waters.[1]