Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Forcipulatida > Family Asteriidae > Genus Leptasterias

Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LeptasteriasVerrill, 1866accepted genus name
Eoleptasterias Djakonov, 1938 synonym

Species group names

Asterias mülleri var. islandica Levinsen, 1887 synonym
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica (Levinsen, 1887) synonym; alternate representation
Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1877 synonym

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life
Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885). In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369158

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2008-10-26 by Christopher Mah

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