''Patiriella'', commonly known as carpet sea star, is a genus of
sea stars of the
family Asterinidae
The Asterinidae are a large family of sea stars in the order Valvatida.
Description and characteristics
These are generally small sea stars, flattened dorsally and bearing very short arms, often giving a pentagonal shape in the body ;example: ...
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Description and characteristics
Native to southern
Australia
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, New Zealand, and southern America (Argentina and Chile), they are most often found in intertidal pools, and can vary greatly in colour between individuals. It contains the following species:
Species
* ''
Patiriella brevispina''
H.L. Clark, 1938
* ''
Patiriella calcar
''Patiriella calcar'', or more correctly ''Meridiastra calcar'', commonly known as carpet sea star, cushion sea star or eight-armed sea star, is an Australian species of sea star.
Description
The cushion sea star has eight short, distinct, tr ...
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(Lamarck, 1816)
* ''
Patiriella dyscrita''
(H.L. Clark, 1923)
* ''
Patiriella gunni''
(Gray, 1840)
* ''
Patiriella inornata''
Livingstone, 1933
* ''
Patiriella medius''
O' Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003
* ''
Patiriella mortenseni''
O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2002
* ''
Patiriella obscura''
Dartnall, 1971
* ''
Patiriella occidens''
O' Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003
* ''
Patiriella oliveri''
(Benham, 1911)
* ''
Patiriella oriens''
O' Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2003
* ''
Patiriella pacifica''
(Hayashi, 1977)
* ''
Patiriella paradoxa''
Campbell & Rowe, 1997
* ''
Patiriella regularis
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''Patiriella regularis'', or New Zealand common cushion star, is a sea star of the family Asterinidae, native to New Zealand. It has an arm spread of up to .
It is one of New Zealand's most common rocky shore starfish. It is abundant in ...
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(Verrill, 1867)
File:Subtidal cushion stars at Lorry Bay PB011947.JPG, '' Patiriella dyscrita''
File:Patiriella regularis.jpg, ''Patiriella regularis
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''Patiriella regularis'', or New Zealand common cushion star, is a sea star of the family Asterinidae, native to New Zealand. It has an arm spread of up to .
It is one of New Zealand's most common rocky shore starfish. It is abundant in ...
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References
BOLD Systems
Asteroidea genera
Taxa named by Addison Emery Verrill
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