Leiaster

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Leiaster
Species: L. coriaceus – L. glaber – L. leachii – L. speciosus – L. teres

Name

Leiaster Peters, 1852

• Type species: Ophidiaster (Leiaster) coriaceus Peters, 1852, by subsequent designation by Fisher (1919: 396).

Synonymy

• Ophidiaster (Leiaster) Peters, 1852: 177
• Lepidaster Verrill, 1871
• Leiaster Peters, 1852; — Sladen, 1889: 407–408; — H.L. Clark, 1921: 71–72; — Ely, 1942: 20–21; — McKnight in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 173; — Mah et al., 2026: 155.

References

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10 (Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 214): 1–223. BHL Reference page. 
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L., Gomez, O., Wilson, N.G. & Richards, Z.T., 2026. New taxa of Mesophotic Asteroidea from Ashmore Reef, Western Australia. Megataxa 19(1): 114–175. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.2 . Reference page. 
• Peters, W.C.H. 1852. Uebersicht der Seesterne (Asteridae) von Mossambique. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852: 177–178. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.