WoRMS taxon details

Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852

213309  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213309)

accepted
Species
Leiaster analogus Fisher, 1913 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Doderlein (1926))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details] 
Description Colour in life: variable, from harlequin deep purple, red orange and pink with orange yellow tips to arms, through red with...  
Description Colour in life: variable, from harlequin deep purple, red orange and pink with orange yellow tips to arms, through red with orange arm tips and white furrow spines, to deep brown with large irregular brown marking and pale brown adoral surface (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (east Indian Ocean, Philipphines, Lower California, Panama), depth range 10-25 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213309 on 2024-12-08
Date
action
by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z
created
2000-09-26 07:19:20Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-10-19 23:51:53Z
changed

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original description Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details] 

original description (of Leiaster analogus Fisher, 1913) Fisher, W.K. (1913). New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the Untied States National Museum 46: 201-224, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7761999#page/261/mode/1up
page(s): 215 [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 Colour in life: variable, from harlequin deep purple, red orange and pink with orange yellow tips to arms, through red with orange arm tips and white furrow spines, to deep brown with large irregular brown marking and pale brown adoral surface (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Philippine and South Pacific Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, discontinuous (east Indian Ocean, Philipphines, Lower California, Panama), depth range 10-25 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Remark Lectotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin, Berlin (Germany) No. 642, paralectotype in Museum für Naturkunde an der Universität Humbolt zu Berlin No. 643. Type locality: Querimba Island, Mozambique (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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