Leptasterias

Leptasterias is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae. Members of this genus are characterised by having six arms although five-armed specimens sometimes occur. L. muelleri is the type species. The taxonomy of the genus is confusing and Leptasterias hexactis seems to be a species complex. Some species brood their eggs.[2]

Leptasterias pusilla
The whelk Nucella lima being attacked by Leptasterias hexactis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Asteroidea
Order:
Forcipulatida
Family:
Asteriidae
Genus:
Leptasterias

Verrill, 1866 [1]
Species
See text

Species

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]

  • Subgenus Leptasterias (Hexasterias) Fisher, 1930
    • Leptasterias alaskensis (Verrill, 1909)
    • Leptasterias camtschatica (Brandt, 1835)
    • Leptasterias coei Verrill, 1914
    • Leptasterias leptodoma Fisher, 1930
    • Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
    • Leptasterias polymorpha Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias schmidti Djakonov, 1938
  • Subgenus Leptasterias (Leptasterias) Verrill, 1866
  • Unallocated
    • Leptasterias aequalis (Stimpson, 1862)
    • Leptasterias aleutica Fisher, 1930
    • Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)
    • Leptasterias asteira Fisher, 1930
    • Leptasterias austera (Verrill, 1895)
    • Leptasterias canuti Heding, 1936
    • Leptasterias clavispina Heding, 1936
    • Leptasterias compta (Stimpson, 1862)
    • Leptasterias danica (Levinsen, 1887)
    • Leptasterias degerboelli Heding, 1935
    • Leptasterias derbeki Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias derjungini Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias fisheri Djakonov, 1929
    • Leptasterias floccosa (Levinsen, 1887)
    • Leptasterias granulata Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857)
    • Leptasterias hexactis (Stimpson, 1862)
    • Leptasterias hirsuta Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias hispida (Forbes, 1840)
    • Leptasterias hispidella Verrill, 1895
    • Leptasterias hylodes Fisher, 1930
    • Leptasterias hyperborea (Danielssen & Koren, 1882)
    • Leptasterias insolens Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias kussakini Baranova, 1962
    • Leptasterias leptalea Verrill, 1914
    • Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853)
    • Leptasterias mexicana (Lutken, 1860) (nomen dubium)
    • Leptasterias ochotensis (Brandt, 1851)
    • Leptasterias orientalis Djakonov, 1929
    • Leptasterias pusilla Fisher, 1930
    • Leptasterias siberica Djakonov, 1930
    • Leptasterias similispinis (H.L. Clark, 1908)
    • Leptasterias squamulata Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias stolacantha Fisher, 1930
    • Leptasterias subarctica Djakonov, 1938
    • Leptasterias tatei Clark & Jewett, 2015
    • Leptasterias tenera (Stimpson, 1862)
    • Leptasterias vinogradovi Djakonov, 1938
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References
  1. Mah, Christopher (2010). "Leptasterias Verrill, 1866". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
  2. Lambert, Philip (2001). Sea stars of British Columbia, Southeast Alaska, and Puget Sound. Google Books. pp. 117–126.
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