Leptasterias polaris

Leptasterias polaris

Leptasterias polaris

Leptasterias polaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Forcipulatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Forcipulatida

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Leptasterias
Species: Leptasterias polaris
Subspecies: L. p. acervata – L. p. katherinae – L. p. polaris – L. p. polymorpha – L. p. ushakovi

Name

Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842)

Original combination: Asteracanthion polaris Müller & Troschel, 1842

Type locality: Greenland.

Syntype: ZMB Echinodermata 507 [1].

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Asteracanthion polaris Müller & Troschel, 1842: 16; — Duncan & Sladen, 1877: 454–455.
• Asterias (Asteracanthion) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Verrill, 1866: 356.
• Leptasterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Fisher, 1923: 599; 1930: 60–62, pl. 30 figs. 1, 1a–c, 2, 2a–d, pl. 32 figs. 3, 3a, pl. 35; Boivin., Larrivée & Himmelman, 1986: 329–337; Rochette, Hamel & Himmelman, 1994: 93–100.
• Leptasterias (Hexasterias) polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842); — Madeira et al., 2019: 169–170.

References

• Boivin, Y., Larrivée, D. & Himmelman, J. H. 1986. Reproductive cycle of the subarctic brooding asteroid Leptasterias polaris. Marine Biology. 92(3): 329–337. DOI: 10.1007/BF00392673
• Duncan, P.M. & Sladen, P. 1877. Report on the Echinodermata collected during the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series, 20: 449–470. BHL Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1923b. LXII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(71): 595-607. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632982 Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1930. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 3: Forcipulata (Concluded). Bulletin of the United States National Museum 76(3): 1-356. DOI: 10.5479/si.03629236.76.3 BHL Reference page. 
• Madeira, P., Kroh, A., Cordeiro, R., Frias Martins, A.M. de & Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(1): 1–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1.1 PDF. Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Rankin, W.M. 1901. Echinoderms collected off the west coast of Greenland by the Princeton Arctic Expedition of 1899. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 53: 169-181. BHL [see page 171 as Asterias polaris]
• Rochette, R., Hamel, J.-F. & Himmelman, J. H. 1994. Foraging strategy of the asteroid Leptasterias polaris: role of prey odors, current and feeding status. Marine ecology progress series. 106: 93–100 DOI: 10.3354/meps106093 PDF PDF
• Verrill, A.E. 1866. On the polyps and echinoderms of New England, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 10: 333-357. BHL Reference page.