Specimen F 71766 Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840)

• Taxon Name

  Meridiastra gunnii

• Author and date of publication

  (Gray, 1840)

• Preferred Common name

  Six-armed Cushion Star

• Other Common Names

  Purple Cushion Star, Seastar

• Date Identified

  2003

• Identified By

  P M. O'Loughlin

• Number Of Specimens

  2

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  CPA - Wilsons Promontory/Cape Paterson Survey (1982)

• Collected By

  Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, M MacDonald, G Barber, et al

• Collection Event Code

  CPA 1

• Sampling Method

  SCUBA

• Date Visited From

  5/03/1982

• Date Visited To

  5/03/1982

• Depth From (m)

  8

• 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

  gunnii