The World Asteroidea Database - Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis (Verrill, 1909)

WoRMS taxon details

Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis (Verrill, 1909)

AphiaID

369153 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369153)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptasterias (Hexasterias) Fisher, 1930

Original name

Asterias epichlora var. alaskensis Verrill, 1909

Synonymised names

Asterias epichlora var. alaskensis Verrill, 1909 · unaccepted

Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909) · alternative representation

Leptasterias alaskensis f. pribilofensis Fisher, 1930 · unaccepted

Leptasterias alaskensis f. shumaginensis Fisher, 1930 · unaccepted

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Subspecies Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis alaskensis (Verrill, 1909)
Subspecies Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis asiatica Fisher, 1930
Subspecies Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis multispina Fisher, 1930

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterias epichlora var. alaskensis Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 549 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias (Hexasterias) alaskensis (Verrill, 1909). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369153 on 2025-05-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-26 13:36:06Z

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Mah, Christopher

2020-04-17 06:21:22Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Asterias epichlora var. alaskensis Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 549 [details]

original description (of Leptasterias alaskensis f. pribilofensis Fisher, 1930) Fisher, W.K. (1930). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Pt. 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1-356.Pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7871861#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 129 [details]

original description (of Leptasterias alaskensis f. shumaginensis Fisher, 1930) Fisher, W.K. (1930). Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters, Pt. 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76: 1-356.Pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7871861#page/5/mode/1up
page(s): 128 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) (from synonym Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptasterias alaskensis) (from synonym Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909))
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (94 records) (from synonym Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909))