WoRMS name details
Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879
146053 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146053)
unaccepted (Synonym of Leptychaster according to Fisher (1911))
Genus
- Species Leptoptychaster accrescens Koehler, 1920 accepted as Macroptychaster accrescens (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Leptoptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Leptychaster antarcticus Sladen, 1889
- Species Leptoptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) accepted as Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)
- Species Leptoptychaster conicus (Perrier, 1881) accepted as Blakiaster conicus Perrier, 1881
- Species Leptoptychaster elongata Sladen, 1889 accepted as Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851) (A variety of L. arcticus)
- Species Leptoptychaster flexuosus Koehler, 1920 accepted as Leptychaster flexuosus (Koehler, 1920)
- Species Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876 accepted as Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876
- Species Leptoptychaster longipes Koehler, 1920 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, This is a possible MS name for L. flexuosus)
- Species Leptoptychaster mendosus Koehler, 1923 accepted as Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Smith, E.A. (1879). Echinodermata. (Collections from Kerguelen Island). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 168: 270-281., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23850585#page/286/mode/1up
page(s): 271, 277 [details]
page(s): 271, 277 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146053 on 2024-03-19
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original description
Smith, E.A. (1879). Echinodermata. (Collections from Kerguelen Island). <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.</em> 168: 270-281., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23850585#page/286/mode/1up
page(s): 271, 277 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 271, 277 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998., available online at http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/taxa.html [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy This name was emended from Leptychaster Smith, 1876, with type species L. kerguelenensis Smith 1876, but emendment was unjustified so essentially a synonym of Leptychaster according to Fisher (1911). [details]