MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

ERMS taxon details

Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

AphiaID

123222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123222)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Asteriidae Gray, 1840

Synonymised names

Eoleptasterias Djakonov, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Subgenus Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) Djakonov, 1938

» Species Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857) represented as Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)

Subgenus Leptasterias (Hexasterias) Fisher, 1930

» Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Subgenus Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866

  » Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)
  » Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) danica (Levinsen, 1886) represented as Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1886)
  » Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882) represented as Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
  » Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica Levinsen, 1886 represented as Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1886 accepted as Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 350 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2022). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias Verrill, 1866. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2022) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123222 on 2023-04-01

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2023). European Register of Marine Species. Leptasterias Verrill, 1866. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123222 on 2023-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-12-31 03:51:57Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 350 [details]

original description (of Eoleptasterias Djakonov, 1938) Djakonov, A.M. (1938). Monographische Bearbeitung der Asteriden des westlichen Nordpazifik (Die Gattung Leptasterias). Trudy Zoologischeskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR (Lenningrad). 4(5): 749-914.
page(s): 814 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347. (look up in RoR) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (9 traits)
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