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Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882) 
AphiaID: 379717

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 Species
Parent Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
Synonymised
taxa
  Asterias hyperborea Danielssen & Koren, 1882 (synonym)
Asterias normani Danielssen & Koren, 1883 (Synonym according to Fisher (1930))
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
Sources  from synonym: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

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 Variety Leptasterias hyperborea var. intermedia Heding, 1935
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Baffin Bay (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Barents Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Faeroes (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spitsbergen (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Links To Antarctic Invertebrates
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
To ITIS
Note  Status: A subspecies of L. muelleri (M. Sars, 1846) according to Djakonov (1930, 1933) but a valid species according to Heding (1935). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379717
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2009-01-06 03:01:28Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882). 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=379717 on 2013-05-23
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