The World Asteroidea Database - Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879

Asteroidea name details

Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879

AphiaID

146053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146053)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym of Leptychaster according to Fisher (1911))

Accepted name

Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876

Rank

Genus

Parent

Astropectinidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (9)

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Species Leptoptychaster accrescens Koehler, 1920 accepted as Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920)
Species Leptoptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Leptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889
Species Leptoptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) accepted as Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)
Species Leptoptychaster conicus (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Blakiaster conicus Perrier, 1881
Species Leptoptychaster elongata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) (A variety of L. arcticus)
Species Leptoptychaster flexuosus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Leptychaster flexuosus (Koehler, 1920)
Species Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876 accepted as Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876
Species Leptoptychaster longipes Koehler, 1920 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, This is a possible MS name for L. flexuosus)
Species Leptoptychaster mendosus Koehler, 1923 accepted as Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Smith, E.A. (1879). Echinodermata. (Collections from Kerguelen Island). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 168: 270-281., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23850585#page/286/mode/1up
page(s): 271, 277 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146053 on 2026-08-19

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hansson, Hans

2008-10-15 05:25:22Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Smith, E.A. (1879). Echinodermata. (Collections from Kerguelen Island). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 168: 270-281., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23850585#page/286/mode/1up
page(s): 271, 277 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Synonymy This name was emended from Leptychaster Smith, 1876, with type species L. kerguelenensis Smith 1876, but emendment was unjustified so essentially a synonym of Leptychaster according to Fisher (1911). [details]