Canadian Register of Marine Species - Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866

CaRMS taxon details

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866

AphiaID

123637 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123637)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

Direct children (4)

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Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)
Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) danica (Levinsen, 1886) represented as Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1886)
Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882) represented as Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica Levinsen, 1886 represented as Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1886 accepted as Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 350 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866. Accessed through: Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle, L. Bajona (Eds.) (2021) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/carms./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123637 on 2026-09-11

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123637 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2009-01-05 03:22:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 10: 333-364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492315
page(s): 350 [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 Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

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