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

Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eoleptasterias*	Djakonov, 1938	synonym

Children

Leptasterias (Endogenasterias) Djakonov, 1938
Leptasterias (Hexasterias) Fisher, 1930
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866
Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
Leptasterias canuti Heding, 1936
Leptasterias clavispina Heding, 1936
Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1887)
Leptasterias degerboelli Heding, 1935
Leptasterias floccosa (Levinsen, 1887)
Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)
Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)

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. 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	Clark, A.M.and Mah, C. (2001). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies, 6: pp. 229-347

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External Links

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Leptasterias Verrill, 1866. 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:123222