African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Leiaster Peters, 1852

AphiaID

206185 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206185)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870

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Species Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852
Species Leiaster glaber Peters, 1852
Species Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
Species Leiaster analogus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1926))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leiaster Peters, 1852. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206185 on 2025-12-10

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Leiaster Peters, 1852. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206185 on 2025-12-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-04 22:25:11Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2006-09-13 06:47:38Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2008-10-19 23:51:53Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Jangoux, M. (1980). Le Genre Leiaster Peters (Echinodermata, Asteroidea : Ophidiasteridae), Revue de Zoologie Africaine 94(1): 87-108. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiaster)
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