The World Asteroidea Database - Asterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

Asteroidea name details

Asterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

AphiaID

149867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149867)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

Rank

Species

Parent

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Asteracanthion muelleri M. Sars, 1846

Synonymised names

Asteracanthion muelleri M. Sars, 1846 · unaccepted (basionym)

Direct children (3)

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Variety Asterias muelleri var. danica Levinsen, 1886 accepted as Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1886)
Variety Asterias muelleri var. floccosa Levinsen, 1886 accepted as Leptasterias floccosa (Levinsen, 1886)
Variety Asterias muelleri var. islandica Levinsen, 1886 accepted as Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1886 accepted as Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885) (original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere. heft 1: 47-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473
page(s): 56 [details]

(of Asteracanthion muelleri M. Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere. heft 1: 47-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473
page(s): 56 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Asterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149867 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-31 08:47:45Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere. heft 1: 47-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473
page(s): 56 [details]

original description (of Asteracanthion muelleri M. Sars, 1846) Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere. heft 1: 47-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473
page(s): 56 [details]

basis of record 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

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)