WoRMS taxon details
Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876
AphiaID: 123250
AphiaID: 123250
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Paxillosida (Order) > Astropectinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Astropectinidae Gray, 1840 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Glyphaster Verrill, 1909 (Synonym according to Fisher (1911, 1940).) Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879 (Synonym of Leptychaster according to Fisher (1911)) Leptychaster (Leptychaster) E. A. Smith, 1876 Leptychaster (Parastropecten) (Ludwig, 1905) Priamaster Koehler, 1912 (Synonym according to Fisher (1940)) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (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] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Leptychaster anomalus Fisher, 1906 Species Leptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889 Species Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) Species Leptychaster flexuosus (Koehler, 1920) Species Leptychaster inermis (Ludwig, 1905) Species Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876 Species Leptychaster magnificus (Koehler, 1912) Species Leptychaster melchiorensis (Bernasconi, 1969) Species Leptychaster pacificus Fisher, 1906 Species Leptychaster propinquus Fisher, 1910 Species Leptychaster stellatus Ziesenhenne, 1942 Subgenus Leptychaster (Leptychaster) E. A. Smith, 1876 represented as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876 (alternate representation) Subgenus Leptychaster (Parastropecten) (Ludwig, 1905) represented as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876 (alternate representation)
Subgenus Leptychaster (Trophodiscus) (Fisher, 1917) accepted as Trophodiscus Fisher, 1917 Species Leptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920) accepted as Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920) Species Leptychaster almus Fisher, 1940 accepted as Trophodiscus almus Fisher, 1917 Species Leptychaster mendosus Koehler, 1923 accepted as Leptychaster kerguelenensis mendosus (Koehler, 1923) Species Leptychaster microplax Djakonov, 1950 accepted as Leptychaster arcticus microplax Djakonov, 1950 Species Leptychaster millespina Verrill, 1909 accepted as Leptychaster pacificus Fisher, 1906 | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123250 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123250 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||||||||
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