Species List for Family: Asterinidae
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Meridiastra mortenseni (O'Loughlin, Waters & Roy, 2002)
Marine, Endemic, Very similar to Patiriella regularis, but smoother appearance when wet
North, South and Stewart Islands ACFE.
Patiriella regularis (Verrill, 1867)
Cushion Star, Marine, Endemic, 5 arms, sometimes 4 or 6, colour highly variable, sometimes mottled. Intertidal to sublittoral
North and South Islands, and Chatham Islands. Has spread to southern Australia and Tasmania ACFME.
Stegnaster inflatus (Hutton, 1872)
Inflated Cushion Star, Marine, Endemic, 5 arms, hightly coloured and variable, red, orange, pink, yellow, green, and sometimes mottled. Intertidal to shallow subtidal
Throughout NZ, 0-35 metres ACFE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil