WoRMS name details
Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
292974 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292974)
alternate representation
Species
Asterias minuta Fabricius, 1780 (synonym according to Madsen (1987))
Subspecies Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Distribution Arctic species, occasionally found from Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Arctic species, occasionally found from Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]
Mah, C.L. (2018). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292974 on 2018-04-21
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original description
(ofAsterias minuta Fabricius, 1780) Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica: systematice sistens animalia Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quod nomen specificium. Hafniae et Lipsiae: Copenhagen, Denmark. XVI, 452, [2] f. pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48073#page/7/mode/1up
page(s): 370 [details]
original description (ofLeptasterias (Hexasterias) bartletti Clark, A.H., 1940) Clark, A.H. (1940). Echinoderms from Greenland Collected by Capt Robert A. Bartlett. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 89: 425-433, 2 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32570#page/519/mode/1up
page(s): 430 [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
page(s): 370 [details]
original description (ofLeptasterias (Hexasterias) bartletti Clark, A.H., 1940) Clark, A.H. (1940). Echinoderms from Greenland Collected by Capt Robert A. Bartlett. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 89: 425-433, 2 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32570#page/519/mode/1up
page(s): 430 [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien
From other sources
Distribution Arctic species, occasionally found from Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]Habitat intertidal, infralittoral and circalittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
To Barcode of Life (36 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Asterias minuta Fabricius, 1780)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (63 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Asterias minuta Fabricius, 1780)
To GenBank (59 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (63 records)
To ITIS