Biology:Meridiastra gunnii
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Short description: Species of starfish
| Meridiastra gunnii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Meridiastra |
| Species: | M. gunnii
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| Binomial name | |
| Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)
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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
- ↑ Mah, C.L. (2023). "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=459548.
- ↑ "Meridiastra gunnii Six-armed Cushion Star in Museums Victoria Collections". 2011. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/species/8783.
- ↑ 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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