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

Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leptasterias*	Verrill, 1866	accepted genus name
*Eoleptasterias*	Djakonov, 1938	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias arctica*	Murdoch, 1885	synonym
*Asterias mülleri var. islandica*	Levinsen, 1886	synonym
*Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica*	Levinsen, 1886	synonym; alternate representation
*Leptasterias islandica*	Levinsen, 1886	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Arctic star sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Russian: Лептастерия арктическая

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885). 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:369158