Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
()
- Echinoderms
- Class:
Asteroidea
()
- Order:
Forcipulatida
()
- Family:
Curculionoidea
()
- Genus:
Leptasterias
()
- (Stimpson, 1853)
- Specific name:
fisheri
- (Melsheimer, 1844)
- Scientific name: - Leptasterias fisheri (Melsheimer, 1844)
- Specific name:
fisheri
- (Melsheimer, 1844)
- Genus:
Leptasterias
(
- Family:
Curculionoidea
(
- Order:
Forcipulatida
(
- Class:
Asteroidea
(
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 24-Jun-1996
Similar Species
Members of the genus Leptasterias
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species and subspecies in this genus:
L. (Hexasterias) · L. aequalis (Six-Rayed Star) · L. alaskensis · L. aleutica · L. arctica · L. asteira · L. camtschatica · L. coei (Redbanded Sea Star) · L. compta · L. epichlora · L. epichlora plena · L. equalis · L. fisheri · L. groenlandica · L. hexactis (Six-Rayed Star) · L. hexactis hexactis · L. hexactis occidentalis · L. hylodes · L. hyperborea · L. leptalea · L. leptodoma · L. littoralis · L. muelleri · L. mulleri · L. nanimemsis · L. polaris · L. polaris acervata · L. polaris katherinae · L. polaris polaris · L. pusilla · L. stolocantha · L. tenera
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 593511
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-157246
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 157246
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 405450
