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WoRMS taxon detailsLeiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
213308 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213308)
accepted
Species
Leiaster brevispinus H.L. Clark, 1921 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Jangoux (1980))
Leiaster grandis Hayashi, 1938 · unaccepted
Leiaster hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Leiaster speciosus Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted
Ophidiaster leachi Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
Ophidiaster leachi hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925 · unaccepted
marine,
recent only
(of Ophidiaster leachi Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 284 [details]
Type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Mauritian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Mauritius (as 'Isle de France'). Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1938.6.23.33 (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Spelled L. leachi in Sastry (1991) and Clark & Rowe (1971). [details]
Description Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is....
Description Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995), Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991). General distribution: East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 2-183 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213308 on 2025-05-18
Date action by 2000-09-26 07:19:20Z changed Garcia, Maria
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Leiaster brevispinus H.L. Clark, 1921) Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937 [details]
original description (of Leiaster grandis Hayashi, 1938) Hayashi, R. (1938). Sea-stars in the vicinity of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. <em>Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan.</em> 8(19): 271-292, 3 plates. page(s): 283 [details] original description (of Leiaster hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925) Fisher, W.K. (1925). Sea stars of Tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: 63-87. [details] original description (of Leiaster speciosus Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details] original description (of Ophidiaster leachi hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925) Fisher, W.K. (1925). Sea stars of Tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: 63-87. [details] original description (of Ophidiaster leachi Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up page(s): 284 [details] basis of record Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Also distributed in Maldive area, East Indies, north Australia, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995), Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).General distribution: East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991); tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 2-183 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Type locality Mauritius (as 'Isle de France'). Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1938.6.23.33 (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Spelled L. leachi in Sastry (1991) and Clark & Rowe (1971). [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Leiaster speciosus Sladen, 1889) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Leiaster speciosus Sladen, 1889) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leiaster leachi) To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins) |
