Name - Leptasterias Verrill 1866

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

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Variants and Synonyms

• Leptasterias

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Original Description Reference

• On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with descriptions of New Species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, vol. x 1866: pp. 333-375. [Zoological Record Volume 3]

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Recent Publications

• Starfishes of the Atlantic.
• Opinion 984. Asterias hispida Pennant, 1777 (Echinodermata): suppressed under the plenary powers in favour of Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846).
• Asterias hispida Pennant, 1777, and Uraster hispida (Pennant) Forbes, 1840 (Echinodermata, Asteridae): proposed suppression under the plenary powers in favour of Leptasterias muelleri (M. Sars, 1846). Z.N. (S.) 1895.
• On the Polyps and Echinoderms of New England, with descriptions of New Species.
• A new sea star of the genus Leptasterias (Asteroidea: Asteriidae) from the Aleutian Islands.

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