WoRMS taxon details
Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
123222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123222)
accepted
Genus
Asterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866 · unaccepted
Ctenasterias Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Eoleptasterias Djakonov, 1938 · unaccepted (synonym)
- Subgenus Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) Djakonov, 1938
- Subgenus Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias) Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias) derbeki Djakonov, 1938 represented as Leptasterias derbeki Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias) derjungini Djakonov, 1938 represented as Leptasterias derjungini Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Evasterias derjungini (Djakonov, 1938)
- Species Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias) granulata Djakonov, 1938 represented as Leptasterias granulata Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias) similispinis (H.L. Clark, 1908) represented as Leptasterias similispinis (H.L. Clark, 1908)
- Species Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias) squamulata Djakonov, 1938 represented as Leptasterias squamulata Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias (Eoleptasterias) vinogradovi Djakonov, 1938 represented as Leptasterias vinogradovi Djakonov, 1938
- Subgenus Leptasterias (Hexasterias) Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis (Verrill, 1909)
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) calcigera Baranova & Karpenko, 1979
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica (Brandt, 1835)
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) coei Verrill, 1914
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) leptodoma Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polymorpha Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) schmidti Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) bartletti Clark A.H., 1940 accepted as Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) shantarica Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) coei shantarica Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias (Hexasterias) hexactis (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
- Subgenus Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866
- Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) djakonovi Baranova & Karpenko, 1979
- 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)
- Subgenus Leptasterias (Nesasterias) Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias (Nesasterias) stolacantha Fisher, 1930 represented as Leptasterias stolacantha Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias aequalis (Stimpson, 1862)
- Species Leptasterias aleutica Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
- Species Leptasterias asteira Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias austera (Verrill, 1895)
- Species Leptasterias canuti Heding, 1936
- Species Leptasterias clavispina Heding, 1936
- Species Leptasterias compta (Stimpson, 1862)
- Species Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1886)
- Species Leptasterias degerboelli Heding, 1935
- Species Leptasterias derbeki Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias fisheri Djakonov, 1929
- Species Leptasterias floccosa (Levinsen, 1886)
- Species Leptasterias granulata Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857)
- Species Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
- Species Leptasterias hirsuta Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias hispidella Verrill, 1895
- Species Leptasterias hylodes Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
- Species Leptasterias insolens Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias kussakini Baranova, 1962
- Species Leptasterias leptalea Verrill, 1914
- Species Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853)
- Species Leptasterias ochotensis (Brandt, 1851)
- Species Leptasterias orientalis Djakonov, 1929
- Species Leptasterias pulchella Hayashi, 1943
- Species Leptasterias pusilla Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias sibirica Djakonov, 1930
- Species Leptasterias similispinis (H.L. Clark, 1908)
- Species Leptasterias squamulata Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias stolacantha Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias subarctica Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias tatei Clark & Jewett, 2015
- Species Leptasterias tenera (Stimpson, 1862)
- Species Leptasterias vinogradovi Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias acervata (Stimpson, 1861) accepted as Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)
- Species Leptasterias aphelonota Fisher, 1930 accepted as Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)
- Species Leptasterias carinata Heding, 1935 accepted as Leptasterias (Leptasterias) hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882) represented as Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
- Species Leptasterias confinis Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris katherinae (Gray, 1840)
- Species Leptasterias cribraria (Stimpson, 1862) accepted as Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857) (synonym according to Fisher (1930) and Djakonov (1950))
- Species Leptasterias derjungini Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Evasterias derjungini (Djakonov, 1938)
- Species Leptasterias dispar Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica dispar Verrill, 1914
- Species Leptasterias epichlora (Brandt, 1835) accepted as Evasterias troschelii (Stimpson, 1862)
- Species Leptasterias fascicularis (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Tarsaster fascicularis (Perrier, 1881)
- Species Leptasterias glomerata Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
- Species Leptasterias hartii Rathbun, 1879 accepted as Allostichaster hartii (Rathbun, 1879)
- Species Leptasterias inaequalis Verrill, 1914 accepted as Evasterias troschelii (Stimpson, 1862) (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
- Species Leptasterias intermedia Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861) (Homonym)
- Species Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1886 accepted as Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885) (Synonym according to Djakonov (1950))
- Species Leptasterias macouni Verrill, 1914 accepted as Evasterias troschelii (Stimpson, 1862) (Synonym according to Fisher (1923))
- Species Leptasterias meridionalis Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Leptasterias fisheri meridionalis Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias obtecta Verrill, 1914 accepted as Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857) represented as Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857) (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
- Species Leptasterias tatarica Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Leptasterias derbeki tatarica Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias ushakovi Djakonov, 1938 accepted as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris ushakovi Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias vancouveri (Perrier, 1875) accepted as Leptasterias hexactis vancouveri (Perrier, 1875) (Subspecies according to Fisher (1930))
- Species Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis (Verrill, 1909)
- Species Leptasterias bartletti A.H. Clark, 1940 represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) bartletti Clark A.H., 1940 accepted as Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) (Synonym according to Grainger (1966: 50))
- Species Leptasterias camtschatica (Brandt, 1835) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) camtschatica (Brandt, 1835)
- Species Leptasterias coei Verrill, 1914 represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) coei Verrill, 1914
- Species Leptasterias leptodoma Fisher, 1930 represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) leptodoma Fisher, 1930
- Species Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846) represented as Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)
- Species Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Species Leptasterias polymorpha Djakonov, 1938 represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polymorpha Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias schmidti Djakonov, 1938 represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) schmidti Djakonov, 1938
- Species Leptasterias mexicanum (Lutken, 1859) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 350 [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
Taxonomy Many of the subgenera established by Djakonov (1929, 1938) have not been completely evaluated within the context of a...
Taxonomy Many of the subgenera established by Djakonov (1929, 1938) have not been completely evaluated within the context of a comprehensive treatment. Taxa within the Leptasterias species complex have not been rigorously evaluated and are often poorly differentiated. [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias Verrill, 1866. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123222 on 2024-09-23
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original description
Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 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 <i>Leptasterias</i>). <em>Trudy Zoologischeskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR (Lenningrad).</em> 4(5): 749-914.
page(s): 814 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ctenasterias Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Asterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 350 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 6: 229-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 350 [details]
original description (of Eoleptasterias Djakonov, 1938) Djakonov, A.M. (1938). Monographische Bearbeitung der Asteriden des westlichen Nordpazifik (Die Gattung <i>Leptasterias</i>). <em>Trudy Zoologischeskogo Instituta Akademiya Nauk SSSR (Lenningrad).</em> 4(5): 749-914.
page(s): 814 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Ctenasterias Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 53 [details]
original description (of Asterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866) Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 350 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 6: 229-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Many of the subgenera established by Djakonov (1929, 1938) have not been completely evaluated within the context of a comprehensive treatment. Taxa within the Leptasterias species complex have not been rigorously evaluated and are often poorly differentiated. [details]
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