WoRMS taxon details
Leiaster Peters, 1852
Lepidaster Verrill, 1871 · unaccepted (Homonym)
Ophidiaster (Leiaster) Peters, 1852 · unaccepted (raised to full genus by von...)
raised to full genus by von Martens (1866) and Fisher (1919)
- Species Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852
- Species Leiaster glaber Peters, 1852
- Species Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
- Species Leiaster speciosus von Martens, 1866
- Species Leiaster teres (Verrill, 1871)
- Species Leiaster analogus Fisher, 1913 accepted as Leiaster coriaceus Peters, 1852 (Synonym according to Doderlein (1926))
- Species Leiaster brevispinus H.L. Clark, 1921 accepted as Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840) (Synonym according to Jangoux (1980))
- Species Leiaster callipeplus Fisher, 1906 accepted as Leiaster glaber Peters, 1852
- Species Leiaster grandis Hayashi, 1938 accepted as Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
- Species Leiaster hawaiiensis Fisher, 1925 accepted as Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840) (Synonym)
- Species Leiaster lymani (A.H. Clark, 1948) accepted as Copidaster lymani A.H. Clark, 1948
- Species Leiaster speciosus Sladen, 1889 accepted as Leiaster leachi (Gray, 1840)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details]
page(s): 177 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Leiaster Peters, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206185 on 2024-11-08
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original description
Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details]
original description (of Lepidaster Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species.No. 8. Additional observations on echinoderms, chiefly from the Pacific coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 568-593., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13465264#page/578/mode/1up
page(s): 577 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster (Leiaster) Peters, 1852) Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Jangoux, M. (1980). Le Genre <i>Leiaster</i> Peters (Echinodermata, Asteroidea : Ophidiasteridae), Revue de Zoologie Africaine 94(1): 87-108. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 177 [details]
original description (of Lepidaster Verrill, 1871) Verrill, A. E. (1871). Notes on Radiata in the museum of Yale College with descriptions of new genera and species.No. 8. Additional observations on echinoderms, chiefly from the Pacific coast of America. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1(2): 568-593., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13465264#page/578/mode/1up
page(s): 577 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster (Leiaster) Peters, 1852) Peters, W. (1852). Ubersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. <em>Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Konigl.Preuss.Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1852: 177-178., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054737
page(s): 177 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Jangoux, M. (1980). Le Genre <i>Leiaster</i> Peters (Echinodermata, Asteroidea : Ophidiasteridae), Revue de Zoologie Africaine 94(1): 87-108. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Remark Proposed with subgeneric rank in Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1835 by Peters, W.C.H. (1852). Type species: Ophidiaster (Leiaster) coriaceus Peters, 1852, by subsequent designation by Fisher, W.K. (1919) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). In family Linckiidae in Ludwig (1899) . [details]
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