Biology:Meridiastra gunnii

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Short description: Species of starfish

Meridiastra gunnii
Scientific classification edit
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
  • (Gray, 1840) Patiriella gunni

Meridiastra gunnii is an Australian species of sea star. It has six arms and can be any colour. 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.[2]

References

  1. Mah, C.L. (2023). "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459548. 
  2. 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)

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