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) > Species Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri

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

Rank: Subspecies
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Asteracanthion Müller & Troschel, 1840

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

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

Subspecies group names

*Asteracanthion mülleri*	M. Sars, 1846	synonym
*Asterias muelleri*	(M. Sars, 1846)	synonym

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	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri 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:125230