Asterina novaezelandiae Perrier

Asterina novaezelandiae Perrier, 1875: 308 .— Koehler, 1920: 135–136, pl. 35 figs 8–9.

Patiria novaezelandiae . — Verrill, 1913: 482.

Remarks. The single type specimen of A. novaezelandiae was reported by Perrier (1875) from New Zealand but A.M. Clark (1993) noted “ holotype originally with specimens of Patiriella gunnii supposedly from New Zealand but almost certainly from southern Australia ”. If this is the case, it may be a five-rayed form of a species of Meridiastra . The description of three furrow spines and three subambulacral spines suggests Meridiastra medius (O’Loughlin et al., 2003) . The specimen could not be found.