Mediaster

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Mediaster
File:Mediaster ornatus.png
Mediaster ornatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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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