The World Asteroidea Database - Leptychaster millespina Verrill, 1909

Asteroidea name details

Leptychaster millespina Verrill, 1909

AphiaID

380613 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:380613)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Verrill (1914))

Accepted Name

Leptychaster pacificus Fisher, 1906

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876

Orig. name

Leptychaster millespina Verrill, 1909

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 553 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leptychaster millespina Verrill, 1909. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=380613 on 2024-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-17 01:37:51Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)

original description Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 553 [details]