The World Asteroidea Database - Leptasterias epichlora (Brandt, 1835)

Asteroidea name details

Leptasterias epichlora (Brandt, 1835)

AphiaID

379702 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379702)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Evasterias troschelii (Stimpson, 1862)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

Original name

Asterias epichlora Brandt, 1835

Direct children (4)

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Subspecies Leptasterias epichlora alaskensis Verrill, 1914
Subspecies Leptasterias epichlora miliaris Verrill, 1914
Subspecies Leptasterias epichlora plena Verrill, 1914
Subspecies Leptasterias epichlora pugetana Verrill, 1914

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterias epichlora Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum, Petropooli. Fasc. I: 203-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 270 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias epichlora (Brandt, 1835). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379702 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-05 03:22:03Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Asterias epichlora Brandt, 1835) Brandt, J. F. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum, Petropooli. Fasc. I: 203-275., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10765514
page(s): 270 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy A probable synonym of Evasterias troscheli forma alveolata Verrill, 1914 according to Fisher (1930). [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (8 records)