Leptychaster

Leptychaster kerguelenensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paxillosida
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: Paxillosida

Familia: Astropectinidae
Genus: Leptychaster
Species: L. anomalus – L. antarcticus – L. arcticus – L. flexuosus – L. inermis – L. kerguelenensis – L. magnificus – L. melchiorensis – L. pacificus – L. propinquus – L. stellatus

Name

Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876

Type species: Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876 (by monotypy)

References

• Clark, A.M. 1962. Asteroidea. Reports. B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-1931. Series B (Zoology and botany). 9: 1–104. PDF Reference page.  [p. 11 as Leptychaster]
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page.  [as Leptychaster p. 42–43]
• Fisher, W.K. 1940. Asteroidea. Discovery Reports. 20: 69–306. BHL Reference page.  [as Leptychaster p. 79–83]
• Romanelli, M.V.; Tablado, A. 2011: Leptychaster kerguelenensis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Southwest Atlantic: Redescription and geographic distribution. Zootaxa, 2971: 59–68. Preview
• Smith, E.A. 1876. Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. Serie 4. 17: 105-113. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Leptychaster: p. 110]