Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Hippasteria lepidonotus
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Valvatida
Family
Goniasteridae
Genus
Hippasteria
Species
lepidonotus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Cryptopeltaster lepidonotus Fisher, 1905, Cryptopeltaster philippii Codoceo & Andrade, 1981, fide Horton et al. (2021)
Origin: Native
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Hippasteria lepidonotus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18984. Accessed 4 November 2026.