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Leptasterias polaris acervata
(Stimpson, 1861)
AphiaID
292975
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:292975)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea
Neoasteroidea
Forcipulatacea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Leptasterias
Leptasterias polaris
Leptasterias polaris acervata
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 (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 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
by
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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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Links (4)
original description
(of
Asterias acervata
Stimpson, 1861
)
Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (<i>Asteracanthion</i> Mueller & Troschel). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 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