WoRMS taxon details
Lethasterias nanimensis (Verrill, 1914)
254499 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254499)
accepted
Species
Asterias nanimensis Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
Distolasterias nanimensis Fisher, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias nanimensis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 105 [details]
page(s): 105 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Lethasterias nanimensis (Verrill, 1914). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=254499 on 2026-07-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Distolasterias nanimensis Fisher, 1923) Fisher, W.K. (1923).A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidae, a family of sea-stars. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12(9): 247-258 [details]
original description (of Asterias nanimensis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 105 [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Asterias nanimensis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 105 [details]
basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Asterias nanimensis Verrill, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethasterias nanimensis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To The Arctic Traits Database (19 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Asterias nanimensis Verrill, 1914)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Lethasterias nanimensis)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To The Arctic Traits Database (19 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (7 records)
To ITIS
