The World Asteroidea Database - Leptoptychaster flexuosus Koehler, 1920

WoRMS name details

Leptoptychaster flexuosus Koehler, 1920

AphiaID

234992 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234992)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Leptychaster flexuosus (Koehler, 1920)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876

Original name

Leptoptychaster flexuosus Koehler, 1920

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113
page(s): 252 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptoptychaster flexuosus Koehler, 1920. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234992 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-04 12:54:59Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2009-02-01 01:36:32Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Sources (3)

Nomenclature

original description Koehler, R. (1920). Echinodermata: Asteroidea. Scientific Reports of the Australiasian Antarctic Expedition C8: 1-308. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/162113
page(s): 252 [details]

Other

additional source Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Danis, B. & Jangoux, M. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramsasteroidea.php [details]