Specimen F 71733 Meridiastra calcar (Lamarck, 1816)

• Taxon Name

  Meridiastra calcar

• Author and date of publication

  (Lamarck, 1816)

• Preferred Common name

  Eight-armed Cushion Star

• Other Common Names

  Seastar

• Date Identified

  1985

• Identified By

  Dr Tim D O'Hara - Museum Victoria

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  A Tubb - The McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research

• Date Visited From

  17/10/1934

• Date Visited To

  17/10/1934

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Echinodermata

• Subphylum

  Asterozoa

• Class

  Asteroidea

• Superorder

  Valvatacea

• Order

  Valvatida

• Family

  Asterinidae

• Genus

  Meridiastra

• Species Name

  calcar