Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS) - Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876

ARMS taxon details

Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876

AphiaID

123250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123250)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Astropectinidae Gray, 1840

Direct children (1)

Ordering

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Species Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876. Accessed through: Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2021) The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD) at: http://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123250 on 2025-05-06

Regional species database citation

Sirenko, B.I.; Clarke, C.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Huettmann, F.; Bluhm, B.A.; Gradinger, R. (eds) (2025). The Arctic Register of Marine Species (ARMS) compiled by the Arctic Ocean Diversity (ArcOD). Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/arms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123250 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2006-04-26 17:33:24Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-10-15 05:25:22Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]