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WoRMS taxon detailsLeptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)
125158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125158)
accepted
Species
Asterias mülleri (M. Sars, 1846) · unaccepted (Spelling variation for Asterias...)
Spelling variation for Asterias muelleri Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846) · alternative representation
Stellonia hispida (Pennant, 1777) · unaccepted (Suppressed and replaced by A.M....)
Suppressed and replaced by A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey (1992) Stellonia hispida (Forbes, 1839) · unaccepted (suppressed and replaced )
marine,
recent only
(of Asteracanthion mülleri M. Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere.</em> heft 1: 47-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473
page(s): 56 [details]
Distribution Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, under stones on the shore and on rough grounds offshore; western coasts of the British...
Distribution Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, under stones on the shore and on rough grounds offshore; western coasts of the British Isles from Ireland to Shetland, including the Irish Sea and the northern North Sea as far south as the Dogger Bank [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125158 on 2025-07-15
Date action by
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Asteracanthion mülleri M. Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere.</em> heft 1: 47-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473 page(s): 56 [details] original description (of Stellonia hispida (Forbes, 1839)) Forbes, E. (1839). On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. <em>Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society of Edinburgh.</em> 8: 114-129., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35485580 page(s): 123 [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] Otheradditional 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 Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. <i>Synopses of the British fauna (new series)</i>, 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 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]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Breeding Broods young in spring [details]Distribution Lower shore to more than 200 m depth, under stones on the shore and on rough grounds offshore; western coasts of the British Isles from Ireland to Shetland, including the Irish Sea and the northern North Sea as far south as the Dogger Bank [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes) (from synonym Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)) To Dyntaxa (from synonym Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptasterias muelleri) (from synonym Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)) To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins) (from synonym Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)) To PESI (from synonym Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)) To PESI (from synonym Asterias mülleri (M. Sars, 1846)) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records) (from synonym Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)) Unreviewed
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