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Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866 
AphiaID: 123637

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Forcipulatacea (Superorder) > Forcipulatida (Order) > Asteriidae (Family) > Leptasterias (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subgenus
Typetaxon Asteracanthion muelleri M. Sars, 1846
Parent Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
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]

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[show all]		 Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) danica (Levinsen, 1887) represented as Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1887) (alternate representation)
Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882) represented as Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882) (alternate representation)
Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica (Levinsen, 1887) represented as Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1877 accepted as Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885) (alternate representation)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123637
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Hansson, Hans
2009-01-05 03:22:03Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C.; Hansson, H. (2013). Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866. 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=123637 on 2013-05-18
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