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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	25 140030 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Meridiastra medius   (O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 25 - Echinodermata Echinoderms (seastars, sea urchins, crinoids, etc.) Family: 25 140 Asterinidae (seastars) - show full list Common Name: [a seastar] Organism Type: a seastar Synonyms: Patiriella medius Patiriella gunnii Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 25 140909     Meridiastra spp.

Scientific Name Notes:	This species has previously been known as Patiriella gunnii, a name now applied to the species previously known as Patiriella brevispina. O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy (2003) showed that what was previously called Patiriella gunnii is in fact a complex of three species, now described as P. medius, P. occidens and P. oriens. O'Loughlin & Waters, 2004 placed the whole group into the genus Meridiastra.
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:faf6986e-2506-4af9-ab97-5eedfb5b67f4 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:459549 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-12 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	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, Vol. 60(2): 181-195.
Scientific Name verified against:	O'Loughlin, P.M., Waters, J.M., 2004. A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)., Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol. 61(1): 1-40.