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

Museums

Regional Maps

• Patiriella occidens 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 [188-191, fig. 1, 5a-f, 7d].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM Z8951, Western Australia, Perth, Cottesloe, on reef amongst algae, 1 m, L. Marsh, 29 Dec 2001.
  Paratype(s) NMV F92971 1 specimen, Western Australia, Perth, Cottesloe, on reef amongst algae, 1 m, L. Marsh, 29 Dec 2001; WAM Z8949 1 specimen, Western Australia, Albany, Cape Vancouver, Quaranup, amongst boulders, 1 m, L. Marsh, 13 Dec 2001; WAM Z8950 1 specimen, Western Australia, Albany, Cape Vancouver, Quaranup, under boulder, 1 m; WAM Z8953 3 specimens, Cockburn Sound, Woodman Point, under rocks, 1 m, L. Marsh, 1 Jan 2002.

 

Generic Combinations

• Meridiastra occidens (O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Fairy (Vic.) continuous to Kalbarri (WA); predominantly on reef flat, sometimes with seagrass; 0–14 m

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

History of changes

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