Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Asteriidae

Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eoleptasterias*	Djakonov, 1938	synonym

Children

Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) Djakonov, 1938
Leptasterias (Hexasterias) Fisher, 1930
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866
Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
Leptasterias canuti Heding, 1936
Leptasterias clavispina Heding, 1936
Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1886)
Leptasterias degerboelli Heding, 1935
Leptasterias floccosa (Levinsen, 1886)
Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup in Lutken, 1857)
Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: コヒトデ属

Literature

original description	Verrill AE. (1866). On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with Descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 10: 333-364.
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.
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 6: 229-347.
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.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias Verrill, 1866. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123222