Mediaster
Sign in to saveMediaster is a genus of starfish in the family Goniasteridae. It was circumscribed in 1857 by William Stimpson for M. aequalis, the genus's type species. Its junior synonym is the genus Isaster, which was circumscribed in 1894 by Addison Emery Verrill for the species now known as M. bairdi. Verrill himself synonymized the two genus names in 1899.
Species
ウデナガゴカクヒトデ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassAsteroidea
- OrderValvatida
- FamilyGoniasteridae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 98
- Family
- Goniasteridae
- Collections
- CAS, NMV, YPM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Australia, Philippines, Canada, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Iles Fidji, Antarctica, Vanuatu, Mer De Chine
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Goniasteridae
- Image
- Mediaster aequalis (YPM IZ 046868).jpg
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- Commons category
- Mediaster
- taxon name
- Mediaster
- taxon author citation
- Stimpson, 1857
- taxon rank
- genus
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