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

Museums

Regional Maps

• Patiriella oriens 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 [191-193, fig. 1, 6a-f, 7e].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F92983, Tasmania, Recherche Bay, Black Reef, 8 m, N. Barrett, 6 Jun 2002.
  Paratype(s) NMV F92984 1 dry, Tasmania, Recherche Bay, Black Reef, 8 m, N. Barrett, 6 Jun 2002; NMV F92982 6 specimens in ethanol, Tasmania, Bicheno, rocky coast, 5 m, N. Barrett, 1 Apr 2002.

 

Generic Combinations

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

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe I.; Rockhampton (Qld) continuous to Nuyts Archipelago (western SA); Cottesloe, Perth (WA); Bass Strait; Tas.; under rocks; 0–30 m

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

History of changes

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