Meridiastra mortenseni

Patiriella mortenseni, dorsal view

Patiriella mortenseni, ventral view

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asterinidae
Genus: Meridiastra
Species: Meridiastra mortenseni

Name

Meridiastra mortenseni (O’Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2002)

• Original combination: Patiriella mortenseni O’Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2002
• Type locality: New Zealand, Stewart Island, Paterson Inlet, Ryans Creek Track, littoral, under basalt stones, J. Waters and M. Roy, 10 Sep 200
• Holotype: NMNZ EC775
• Paratypes: NMV F90068; NMV F89163; NMV F83592; NMNZ EC7485; NMNZ EC7484; NMNZ EC748

Synonymy

• Patiriella mortenseni O’Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2002

References

• O’Loughlin, P.M., Waters, J.M., Roy, M.S. 2002. Description of a new species of Patiriella from New Zealand, and review of Patiriella regularis (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32(4): 697–711. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2002.9517716 Reference page.  [original description of Patiriella mortenseni p. 706–708]