RAS taxon details
Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876
152501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:152501)
accepted
Species
Archaster excavatus Wyville Thomson, 1878 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Smith (1879))
Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876 · unaccepted
Leptoptychaster mendosus Koehler, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152501 on 2026-09-04
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Leptychaster kerguelenensis E. A. Smith, 1876. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=152501 on 2026-09-04
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original description
Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Leptoptychaster mendosus Koehler, 1923) Koehler, R. (1923). Astéries et Ophiures recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Suédoise (1901-1903). <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold.</em> 1(1): 1-145., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=253394
page(s): 98 [details]
original description (of Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Archaster excavatus Wyville Thomson, 1878) Thomson, C.W. (1878). Notice of some pecularities in the mode of propagation of certain echinoderms of the Southern Sea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 13: 55-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31597313
page(s): 71 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Leptoptychaster mendosus Koehler, 1923) Koehler, R. (1923). Astéries et Ophiures recueillies par l'Expédition Antarctique Suédoise (1901-1903). <em>Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903 under the direction of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold.</em> 1(1): 1-145., available online at http://www.vliz.be/nl/catalogus?module=ref&refid=253394
page(s): 98 [details]
original description (of Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876) Smith, E. A. (1876). Descriptions of species of Asteridae and Ophiuridae from Kerguelen Islands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 4th series,vol.17: 105-113., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267007
page(s): 110 [details]
original description (of Archaster excavatus Wyville Thomson, 1878) Thomson, C.W. (1878). Notice of some pecularities in the mode of propagation of certain echinoderms of the Southern Sea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 13: 55-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31597313
page(s): 71 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (16 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Archaster excavatus Wyville Thomson, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Archaster excavatus Wyville Thomson, 1878)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Leptoptychaster kerguelensis Smith, 1876)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records)
Unreviewed
