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Mediaster

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Mediaster
Mediaster ornatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Mediaster
Stimpson, 1857[1][2]
Type species
Mediaster aequalis
Stimpson, 1857
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Mediaster 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.[2] Its junior synonym is the genus Isaster, which was circumscribed in 1894 by Addison Emery Verrill for the species now known as M. bairdi.[3] Verrill himself synonymized the two genus names in 1899.[4]

Species

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As of 2017, the World Register of Marine Species lists the following species as being in the genus:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Mah, Christopher (2016). "Mediaster Stimpson, 1857". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b Stimpson, William (1857). "On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific Shores of North America". Boston Journal of Natural History. 6 (4): 530–531. Pl. 23, figs. 7–11.
  3. ^ a b Verrill, A. E. (1894). "Descriptions of new species of starfishes and ophiurans, with a revision of certain species formerly described; mostly from the collections made by the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 17 (1000): 257–262.
  4. ^ Verrill, A. E. (1899). "Revision of certain Genera and Species of Starfishes with descriptions of new forms". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 10: 181.