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Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)

123896  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123896)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Asterozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Asteroidea (Class)
  6. Ambuloasteroidea (Subclass)
  7. Neoasteroidea (Infraclass)
  8. Valvatacea (Superorder)
  9. Paxillosida (Order)
  10. Astropectinidae (Family)
  11. Leptychaster (Genus)
  12. Leptychaster arcticus (Species)
accepted
Species
Astropecten arcticus M. Sars, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)
Astropecten luetkeni Barrett, 1857 · unaccepted (synonym according to M. Sars (1861))
Leptoptychaster elongata Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted (A variety of L. arcticus)

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(of Astropecten arcticus M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 161 [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Archaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 161 [details] OpenAccess publication
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123896 on 2025-03-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Hansson, Hans
2008-10-15 05:25:22Z
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Mah, Christopher

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Nomenclature

original description (of Astropecten arcticus M. Sars, 1851) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 161 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leptoptychaster elongata Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details] 

original description (of Archaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851)) Sars M. (1851). Beretning om i Sommeren 1849 Fortagen Zoologisk Reise i Lofoten og Finmarken. <em>Nyt Magazin Naturvidenskaberne.</em> 6(2):121–211., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8152707
page(s): 161 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leptoptychaster arcticus var. elongata Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm
page(s): 189 [details] 

original description (of Astropecten luetkeni Barrett, 1857) Barrett, L. (1857). Descriptions of four new species of Echinodermata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 2nd series, vol. 20: 46-48, pl. 7, fig. 1., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2365677#page/60/mode/1up
page(s): 46 [details] 

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Leptoptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Astropecten arcticus M. Sars, 1851)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptychaster arcticus) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Leptoptychaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Leptoptychaster elongata Sladen, 1889)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Archaster arcticus (M. Sars, 1851))
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Astropecten arcticus M. Sars, 1851)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 26 proteins) (from synonym Astropecten luetkeni Barrett, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Astropecten luetkeni Barrett, 1857)
To PESI (from synonym Astropecten arcticus M. Sars, 1851)
To PESI 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (56 records) 
To ITIS