Leptasterias polaris acervata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Asteriidae
Genus: Leptasterias
Species: Leptasterias polaris
Subspecies: Leptasterias polaris acervata

Name

Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862) Fisher, 1923: 599

Synonyms

Asterias acervata Stimpson, 1862 (original combination as species rank)
Asterias philippii Bell, 1881: 511

Synonymized by Fisher, 1926: 198

Asterias polythela Verrill, 1909

References

Primary references

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. [see page 599, moved to subspecies]
Stimpson, W. 1862. On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 261-273. BHL Reference page. [see page 271 as Asterias acervata, original description]

Additional references

Bell, F.J. 1881. Contributions to the systematic arrangement of the Asteroidea. I. The species of the genus Asterias. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 49(3) 492–515; plates XLVII & XLVIII. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01309.x . BHL. Reference page. [see page 494 as Asterias acervata] [see page 511 as Asterias philippii, original description]
Clark, A.H. 1920. Report of the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-18. Volume VIII: Mollusks, echinoderms, coelenterates, ect. Part C: Echinoderms. Ottawa, J. de Labroquerie Taché. 13pp. BHL. Reference page. [see page 8c as Asterias polythela]
Fisher, W.K. 1926. XXI.—Notes on the Asteroidea.—IV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 18(104): 196-200. DOI: 10.1080/00222932608633495 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. [see page 62]
Ludwig, H. 1886. Echinodermen des Beringsmeeres. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Anatomie und Ontogenie der Tiere 1(2): 275–296. BHL Reference page. [see page 287 as Asterias acervata]
Sladen, W.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. [see page 818 as Asterias acervata]
Verrill, A.E. 1909. Descriptions of new genera and species of starfishes from the North Pacific coast of America. American Journal of Science. 28: 59-70. BHL Reference page. [see page 68 as Asterias polythela, original description]
Verrill, A.E. 1909. Remarkable development of starfished on the Northwest American coast; Hybridism; Multiplicity of rays; Teratology; Problems in evolution; Geographical distribution. The American naturalist. 43(513): 542-555. BHL Reference page. [see page 545 as A. polaris var. acervata, note at bottom]
Verrill, A.E. 1914. Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Smithsonian Institution - Harriman Alaska Series. 14(Part I): 408pp; 14(Part II): 110 plates. Part I, Part II. Reference page. [see page 104 as Asterias polythela] [see page 107 as Asterias acervata]

Links

Mah, C.L. (2020). World Asteroidea Database. Leptasterias polaris acervata (Stimpson, 1862). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292975 on 2020-04-28

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