WoRMS taxon details
Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
369177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369177)
accepted
Species
Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862 · unaccepted
Asterias vancouveri Perrier, 1875 · unaccepted
Leptasterias (Hexasterias) hexactis (Stimpson, 1862) · alternative representation
Leptasterias aequalis var. compacta Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
Leptasterias aequalis var. concinna Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 272 [details]
page(s): 272 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369177 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 272 [details]
original description (of Asterias vancouveri Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Leptasterias aequalis var. compacta Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Leptasterias aequalis var. concinna Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 132 [details]
page(s): 272 [details]
original description (of Asterias vancouveri Perrier, 1875) Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044107304818&view=1up&seq=338
page(s): 64 [details]
original description (of Leptasterias aequalis var. compacta Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 130 [details]
original description (of Leptasterias aequalis var. concinna Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 132 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (57 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptasterias hexactis)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias hexactis USNM 001368 - Lot) (from synonym Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias hexactis USNM E3987 - Dorsal) (from synonym Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (131 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptasterias hexactis)
To GenBank (96 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias hexactis USNM 001368 - Lot) (from synonym Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Asterias hexactis USNM E3987 - Dorsal) (from synonym Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (131 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records) (from synonym Asterias hexactis Stimpson, 1862)
To ITIS
