| Meridiastra gunnii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Meridiastra |
| Species: | M. gunnii |
| 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.
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.
References
- Mah, C.L. (2023). "Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- "Meridiastra gunnii Six-armed Cushion Star in Museums Victoria Collections". Museums Victoria. 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
- 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)
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Meridiastra gunnii | |
| Patiriella gunni | |
| Asterina gunni | |
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