Leiaster leachi
creator: Onyango, Eunice
creator: Garcia, Maria
creator: Mah, Christopher
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mah, C.L. (2026). 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 2026-08-03
created: 1997-04-01T13:57:02Z
modified: 2008-12-24T04:52:28Z
replaces: 378617
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replaces: 378620
replaces: 378623
replaces: 212304
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
class: Asteroidea
family: Ophidiasteridae
genus: Leiaster
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: vi + 223, 38 pls.
name published in: Hayashi, R. (1938). Sea-stars in the vicinity of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan. 8(19): 271-292, 3 plates.
name published in: Fisher, W.K. (1925). Sea stars of Tropical Central Pacific. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 27: 63-87.
name published in: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology. 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates.
name published in: Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290.
name published in year: 1921
name published in year: 1938
name published in year: 1925
name published in year: 1889
name published in year: 1840
order: Valvatida
parent name usage ID: 206185
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (Gray, 1840)
specific epithet: leachi
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted