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Asteroidea taxon details

Leptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889

368319  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368319)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]   
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Leptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368319 on 2024-04-19
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2008-10-15 05:25:22Z
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original description Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]   

original description  (of Leptoptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 190 [details]   
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Possibly a synonym of Leptychaster kerguelenensis Smith according to Bell (1908), but treated as distinct by John (1950). Probably conspecific (and threatens validity of) Leptychaster flexuosus (Koehler, 1920) according to H.E.S. Clark 1963. Type material is immature. [details]
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