Meridiastra

Meridiastra atyphoida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Spinulosida Subordo: Leptognathina

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Meridiastra
Species: M. atyphoida – M. calcar – M. fissura – M. gunnii – M. medius – M. modesta – M. mortenseni – M. nigranota – M. occidens – M. oriens – M. rapa

Name

Meridiastra O’Loughlin, 2002

• ZooBank: 746F8C78-0735-4F18-9ED8-211E49B346EA

• Type species: Asterina atyphoida H.L. Clark, 1916, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Meridiastra O’Loughlin, 2002: 280–281; — O’Loughlin & Waters, 2004: 22–23.

References

• O’Loughlin, P.M. 2002. New genus and species of southern Australian and Pacific Asterinidae (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 59(2): 277–296. DOI: 10.24199/J.MMV.2002.59.2 Reference page. 
• O’Loughlin, P.M. & Waters, J.M. 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 61: 1–40. BHL DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2004.61.1 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Meridiastra O'Loughlin, 2002 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on November 05, 2025

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