Evoplosoma

Evoplosoma
Evoplosoma watlingi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Goniasteridae
Subfamily:	Hippasterinae
Genus:	Evoplosoma Fisher, 1906[1]

Evoplosoma is a genus of deep-sea sea star in the family Goniasteridae.[1]

Description and characteristics

These sea stars are typical five-armed starfish with a sizable disc in the middle. The majority of the species in this genus are found in deep waters, where they appear to prey on other cnidarians and deep sea coral.

List of species

According to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]

• Evoplosoma augusti Koehler, 1909
• Evoplosoma claguei Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010
• Evoplosoma forcipifera Fisher, 1906
• Evoplosoma scorpio Downey, 1981
• Evoplosoma tasmanica (McKnight, 2006)
• Evoplosoma timorensis Aziz & Jangoux, 1985
• Evoplosoma virgo Downey, 1982
• Evoplosoma voratus Mah, Nizinski & Lundsten, 2010
• Evoplosoma watlingi Mah, 2015[2]

• 
  Evoplosoma claguei.
• 
  Evoplosoma watlingi feeding on a deep-sea coral colony
• 
  Evoplosoma sp.

References

1. Mah, Christopher L. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Evoplosoma Fisher, 1906". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
2. C.L. Mah (2015). Mah CL (ed.). "Evoplosoma watlingi Mah, 2015". World Asteroidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-04-12.

External links

• Mah, Christopher L. (February 3, 2015). "Okeanos Explorer,Evoplosoma and the North Atlantic Starfish Coral Predators". The Echinoblog.