The World Asteroidea Database - Leiaster hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925

Asteroidea name details

Leiaster hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925

AphiaID

378620 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378620)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym)

Accepted Name

Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leiaster Peters, 1852

Orig. name

Leiaster hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Fisher, W.K. (1925). Sea stars of Tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: 63-87. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leiaster hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378620 on 2024-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-24 03:52:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Fisher, W.K. (1925). Sea stars of Tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: 63-87. [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy A probably synonym of L. leachi according to Tortonese (1979), confirmed by Jangoux (1980) [details]