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]
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| Mediaster ornatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Mediaster Stimpson, 1857[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Species edit
As of 2017[update], the World Register of Marine Species lists the following species as being in the genus:[1]
- Mediaster aequalis Stimpson, 1857
- Mediaster arcuatus (Sladen, 1889)
- Mediaster australiensis H.L. Clark, 1916
- Mediaster bairdi (Verrill, 1882)
- Mediaster boardmani (Livingstone, 1934)
- Mediaster brachiatus Goto, 1914
- Mediaster capensis H.L. Clark, 1923
- Mediaster gartrelli H.E.S. Clark, 2001
- Mediaster murrayi Macan, 1938
- Mediaster ornatus Fisher, 1906
- Mediaster pedicellaris (Perrier, 1881)
- Mediaster praestans Livingstone, 1933
- Mediaster sladeni Benham, 1909
- Mediaster tenellus Fisher, 1905
- Mediaster transfuga Ludwig, 1905
References edit
- ^ a b c Mah, Christopher (2016). "Mediaster Stimpson, 1857". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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