Leptasterias polaris acervata
creator: Decock, Wim
creator: Mah, Christopher
date: 2026-08-02
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: Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292975 on 2026-08-02
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)
accepted name usage ID: 247756
class: Asteroidea
family: Asteriidae
genus: Leptasterias
infraspecific epithet: acervata
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273.
name published in year: 1862
order: Forcipulatida
parent name usage ID: 292974
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (Stimpson, 1861)
specific epithet: polaris
taxon rank: Subspecies
taxonomic status: alternative representation