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Meridiastra gunnii

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Meridiastra gunnii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Asterinidae
Genus: Meridiastra
Species:
M. gunnii
Binomial name
Meridiastra gunnii
(Gray, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Patiriella brevispina H.L. Clark, 1938
  • Patiriella gunni (Gray, 1840)

Meridiastra gunnii is an Australian species of sea star.

It has six arms and can be any colour.[2]

Molecular evidence indicated that there were genetically divergent eastern and western forms of what is currently referred to as M. gunnii in southern Australia, and that a taxonomic revision was necessary. Further studies have shown that it can be conspecific with Patiriella brevispina.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mah, C.L. (2023). "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Meridiastra gunnii Six-armed Cushion Star in Museums Victoria Collections". Museums Victoria. 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  3. ^ P.M O'Loughlin et al., A molecular and morphological review of the asterinid, Patiriella gunnii (Gray) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60(2): 181–195 (2003)