Species Meridiastra medius (O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Patiriella medius O'Loughlin, P.M., Waters, J.M. & Roy, M.S. 2003. A molecular and morphological review of the asterinid, Patiriella gunnii (Gray) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60(2): 181-195 [184-188].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F92986, Victoria, Port Fairy, Griffith I., rocky shallows, 0–2 m, M. O’Loughlin and M. Mackenzie, 29 Dec 2001.
  Paratype(s) NMV F92987 3 ethanol specimens, Victoria, Port Fairy, Griffith I., rocky shallows, 0–2 m, M. O’Loughlin and M. Mackenzie, 29 Dec 2001; NMV F92988 2 dry specimens, Victoria, Port Fairy, Griffith I., rocky shallows, 0–2 m, M. O’Loughlin and M. Mackenzie, 29 Dec 2001.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Walkerville South (W of Wilsons Promontory, Vic.), Bass Strait, Tas., continuous to Fremantle (WA); under rocks; 0–34 m

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		13-Feb-2012	ADDED