Leiaster glaber

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
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: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Leiaster
Species: Leiaster glaber

Name

Leiaster glaber Peters, 1852

Synonymy

• Leiaster callipeplus Fisher, 1906

• Type locality: Hawaii, Nihoa Island. "Albatross" station 4149. Depth 60-130 m.
• Holotype: USNM 21179 [1]
• Paratypes: USNM 31314; USNM 31313; USNM 31312; CASIZ 2832; CASIZ 2833

References

• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page.  [as Leiaster callipeplus p. 73]
• Fisher, W.K. 1906. The Starfishes of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. 23(3): 987–1130. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Leiaster callipeplus p. 1083–1084]
• 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.  [original description of Leiaster glaber p. 177–178]