Leptasterias polaris

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: 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.