North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)

AphiaID

292975 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292975)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861)

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) represented as Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Original name

Asterias acervata Stimpson, 1861

Synonymised names

Leptasterias acervata (Stimpson, 1861) · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Asterias acervata Stimpson, 1861) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 271 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292975 on 2026-05-13

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1861). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=292975 on 2026-05-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-02-01 08:45:38Z

created

Decock, Wim

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-01-20 06:11:28Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-19 16:23:34Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2025-11-30 22:12:27Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Asterias acervata Stimpson, 1861) Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory. 8: 261-273., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9492675
page(s): 271 [details]

basis of record Huettmann, F. (2007). ArcOD species list by Falk Huettmann. provided on 2007-11-25. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leptasterias acervata (Stimpson, 1861))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (39 records)
To ITIS