| Meridiastra gunnii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Asterinidae |
| Genus: | Meridiastra |
| Species: | M. gunnii |
| Binomial name | |
| Meridiastra gunnii (Gray, 1840) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Meridiastra gunnii is an Australian species of sea star.
It has six arms and can be any colour. [2]
Molecular evidence indicated that there were genetically divergent eastern and western forms of what is currently referred to as M. gunnii in southern Australia, and that a taxonomic revision was necessary. Further studies have shown that it can be conspecific with Patiriella brevispina. [3]
