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Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853)

158493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158493)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Echinodermata
  4. Asterozoa
  5. Asteroidea
  6. Ambuloasteroidea
  7. Neoasteroidea
  8. Forcipulatacea
  9. Forcipulatida
  10. Asteriidae
  11. Leptasterias
  12. Leptasterias littoralis
accepted
Species
Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 14 [details] OpenAccess publication
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158493 on 2026-07-15
NARMS (2026). Leptasterias littoralis (Stimpson, 1853). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=158493 on 2026-07-15
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2005-05-26 07:43:32Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2009-01-06 03:01:28Z
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Mah, Christopher

original description (of ) Stimpson, W. (1853). Synopsis of the marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan: or the region about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.</em> 6: 1-66, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32536624
page(s): 14 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [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 Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
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To Barcode of Life (27 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptasterias littoralis) 
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 26 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (24 records) 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 083617) 
To ITIS
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