Meridiastra rapa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leptognathina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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: Meridiastra rapa

Name

Meridiastra rapa O’Loughlin, 2002: 289–291, fig. 6a–f

• ZooBank: 1AD07000-5B36-4EC7-BA23-17968F9C509A

• Type locality: South Pacific, Austral Ridge, Rapa Island, Haurei Bay, off Point Turagainuu, depth 1–2 m.

• Holotype: BPBM W3507.

• Paratypes: BPBM W3033; WAM Z6875 [1].

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. 

Links

• Meridiastra rapa O'Loughlin, 2002 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on November 07, 2025