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Leptasterias muelleri
(M. Sars, 1846)
AphiaID
379749
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:379749)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asterozoa
Asteroidea
Ambuloasteroidea
Neoasteroidea
Forcipulatacea
Forcipulatida
Asteriidae
Leptasterias
Leptasterias muelleri
Status
alternative representation
Accepted name
Leptasterias (Leptasterias) muelleri
(M. Sars, 1846)
Rank
Species
Parent
Leptasterias
Verrill, 1866
Original name
Asteracanthion mülleri
M. Sars, 1846
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Asteracanthion mülleri
M. Sars, 1846
)
Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere.</em> heft 1: 47-62.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473
page(s): 56
[details]
Taxonomic citation
Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database.
Leptasterias muelleri
(M. Sars, 1846). 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=379749 on 2026-07-09
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Leptasterias muelleri
(M. Sars, 1846). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=379749 on 2026-07-09
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2009-01-06 03:01:28Z
created
Mah, Christopher
2023-12-28 16:18:05Z
changed
Mah, Christopher
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (3)
Links (8)
original description
(of
Asteracanthion mülleri
M. Sars, 1846
)
Sars, M. (1846). VI. Beobachtungen uber die Entwickelung der Seesterne. <em>Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, oder Beschreibung und Abbildungen neuer oder wenig bekannten Seethiere.</em> heft 1: 47-62.
,
available online at
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45526473
page(s): 56
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leptasterias muelleri)
To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (5 records)
To ITIS