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

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

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 mülleri*	(M. Sars, 1846)	orthographic variant
*Leptasterias muelleri*	(M. Sars, 1846)	synonym; alternate representation

Children

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri celtica A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey, 1992
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri muelleri (M. Sars, 1846)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: tjockarmad sjöstjärna

Literature

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.; 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.
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	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri (M. Sars, 1846). 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:125158