WoRMS taxon details
Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852
AphiaID: 213309
AphiaID: 213309
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Leiaster (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Leiaster Peters, 1852 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Leiaster analogus Fisher, 1913 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1926)) Leiaster leachi Tortonese, 1953 (Synonym) Ophidiaster leachi Perrier, 1878 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Cargados Carajos [details] East Africa [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Seychelles [details] Tanzania [details] West Indian Ocean [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Colour in life: variable, from harlequin deep purple, red orange and pink with orange yellow tips to arms, through red with orange arm tips and white furrow spines, to deep brown with large irregular brown marking and pale brown adoral surface (Humphreys, 1981). Also distributed in Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (east Indian Ocean, Philipphines, Lower California, Panama), depth range 10-25 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Lectotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 642, paralectotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin No. 643. Type locality: Querimba Island, Mozambique (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213309 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852. 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=213309 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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