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

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri celtica A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey, 1992

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Subspecies group names

*Asterias hispida*	Pennant, 1777	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	North East Atlantic Taxa
additional source	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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri celtica A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey, 1992. 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:125229