About
A small pentagonal shaped seastar with a variable body pattern and colouring the tips of each arm are dark in colour.This is a lesser seen member of this family of seastars and as such little is known about it.
This is a lesser seen member of this family of seastars and as such little is known about it.
Size
Centre to arm tip up to 2 cmHabitat
Under-surface of rocks, to depth of 59 mDistribution
Southern Australia including around TasmaniaGallery
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Local Sightings
1 recorded sighting in and around the area.
References & citations (3)
- O'Loughlin, P. M., 2011, Seastar, Meridiastra atyphoida, in Taxonomic Toolkit for marine life of Port Phillip Bay, Museum Victoria (accessed 2022-01-18 10:31:42)
- The Atlas of Living Australia (accessed 2022-08-05 16:50:11)
- Mah, C.L. (2022). World Asteroidea Database. Meridiastra atyphoida (H.L. Clark, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species (accessed 2022-01-18 10:32:48)
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