Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876

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RAS name details

Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876

AphiaID

235002 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:235002)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876

Rank

Species

Parent

Leptoptychaster E. A. Smith, 1879 accepted as Leptychaster E. A. Smith, 1876

Original name

Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235002 on 2025-04-19

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2025). Register of Antarctic Species. Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php/www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235002 on 2025-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-12-04 12:54:59Z

created

Charbonneau, Danny

2009-01-17 01:37:51Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2015-01-06 04:22:30Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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Sources (3)
Links (2)

original description Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Echinoderm Studies, volumes 2-6 . Balkema: Rotterdam, The Netherlands. [details]

additional source Danis, B. & Jangoux, M. (2006). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species: Asteroidea. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at https://www.marinespecies.org/rams/ramsasteroidea.php [details]

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)