MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)

ERMS taxon details

Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885)

AphiaID

369158 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369158)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptasterias Verrill, 1866

Original name

Asterias arctica Murdoch, 1885

Synonymised names

Asterias mülleri var. islandica Levinsen, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)

Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica Levinsen, 1886 · alternative representation

Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1886 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Djakonov (1950))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Murdoch, J. (1885). Marine invertebrates. (Exclusive of mollusks). In: Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska. Washington,. pt. 4, Nat. hist. pp. 136-176, 2 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23524113
page(s): 159 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885). 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=369158 on 2026-04-26

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Leptasterias arctica (Murdoch, 1885). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369158 on 2026-04-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-26 13:36:06Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2017-06-27 07:12:12Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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original description (of Leptasterias (Leptasterias) islandica Levinsen, 1886) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1886). Kara-Havets Echinodermata. Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte. XXXIV og XXXV: 381-418, 2 figures [1-38, pl. XXXIV, XXXV].
page(s): 13 [details]

original description (of Asterias mülleri var. islandica Levinsen, 1886) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1886). Kara-Havets Echinodermata. Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte. XXXIV og XXXV: 381-418, 2 figures [1-38, pl. XXXIV, XXXV].
page(s): 13 [details]

original description (of ) Murdoch, J. (1885). Marine invertebrates. (Exclusive of mollusks). In: Report of the International Polar Expedition to Point Barrow, Alaska. Washington,. pt. 4, Nat. hist. pp. 136-176, 2 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23524113
page(s): 159 [details]

original description (of Leptasterias islandica Levinsen, 1886) Levinsen, G.M.R. (1886). Kara-Havets Echinodermata. Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte. XXXIV og XXXV: 381-418, 2 figures [1-38, pl. XXXIV, XXXV].
page(s): 13 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]