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Leptasterias islandica
Levinsen, 1886
AphiaID
379720
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379720)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea
Neoasteroidea
Forcipulatacea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Leptasterias
Leptasterias islandica
Status
unaccepted
(Synonym according to Djakonov (1950))
Accepted name
Leptasterias arctica
(Murdoch, 1885)
Rank
Species
Parent
Leptasterias
Verrill, 1866
Original name
Leptasterias islandica
Levinsen, 1886
Synonymised names
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica
Levinsen, 1886
·
alternative representation
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1886). Kara-Havets Echinodermata. <em>Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte.</em> XXXIV og XXXV: 381-418, 2 figures [1-38, pl. XXXIV, XXXV].
page(s): 13
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database.
Leptasterias islandica
Levinsen, 1886. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=379720 on 2026-07-15
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Leptasterias islandica
Levinsen, 1886. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=379720 on 2026-07-15
Taxonomic edit history
Date
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2009-01-06 03:01:28Z
created
Mah, Christopher
2015-01-06 13:59:56Z
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Mah, Christopher
2017-10-24 20:56:31Z
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Mah, Christopher
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Links (2)
original description
Levinsen, G.M.R. (1886). Kara-Havets Echinodermata. <em>Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte.</em> XXXIV og XXXV: 381-418, 2 figures [1-38, pl. XXXIV, XXXV].
page(s): 13
[details]
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Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
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Levinsen, 1886
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