Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Anasterias laevigata (Hutton, 1879)

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RAS taxon details

Anasterias laevigata (Hutton, 1879)

AphiaID

291593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:291593)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Anasterias Perrier, 1875

Original name

Asterias rupicola var. laevigata Hutton, 1879

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Hutton, F. W. (1879). Notes on a Collection from the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 38: 337-343., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_11/rsnz_11_00_003700.html
page(s): 343 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Anasterias laevigata (Hutton, 1879). Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2025) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291593 on 2026-09-12

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Anasterias laevigata (Hutton, 1879). Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=291593 on 2026-09-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2019-12-30 03:47:59Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of ) Hutton, F. W. (1879). Notes on a Collection from the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island. <em>Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.</em> 38: 337-343., available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_11/rsnz_11_00_003700.html
page(s): 343 [details]

additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To NMNH Extant Collection (Calvasterias laevigata, dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Calvasterias laevigata, ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (8 records)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Calvasterias laevigata, dorsal)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Calvasterias laevigata, ventral)

Hosted externally