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Leptasterias
Leptasterias is a genus of starfish in the family Asteriidae. Members of this genus are characterised by having six arms although five-armed specimens sometimes occur. L. muelleri is the type species. The taxonomy of the genus is confusing and Leptasterias hexactis seems to be a species complex. Some species brood their eggs.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Six-rayed Star
speciesLeptasterias hexactis
Hexasterias
subgenusHexasterias
Leptasterias
subgenusLeptasterias
Green Slender Sea Star
speciesLeptasterias littoralis
Leptasterias tatei
speciesLeptasterias tatei
Greenland Star
speciesLeptasterias groenlandica
Leptasterias ochotensis
speciesLeptasterias ochotensis
Leptasterias similispinis
speciesLeptasterias similispinis
Slender Sea Star
speciesLeptasterias tenera
Leptasterias pusilla
speciesLeptasterias pusilla
Arctic Star
speciesLeptasterias arctica
Leptasterias aequalis
speciesLeptasterias aequalis
Aleutian Star
speciesLeptasterias hylodes
Leptasterias subarctica
speciesLeptasterias subarctica
Leptasterias squamulata
speciesLeptasterias squamulata
Leptasterias kussakini
speciesLeptasterias kussakini
Leptasterias vinogradovi
speciesLeptasterias vinogradovi
Leptasterias insolens
speciesLeptasterias insolens
Leptasterias hirsuta
speciesLeptasterias hirsuta
Leptasterias granulata
speciesLeptasterias granulata
Leptasterias clavispina
speciesLeptasterias clavispina
Leptasterias derbeki
speciesLeptasterias derbeki
Leptasterias degerboelli
speciesLeptasterias degerboelli
Leptasterias canuti
speciesLeptasterias canuti
Leptasterias hyperborea
speciesLeptasterias hyperborea
Leptasterias danica
speciesLeptasterias danica
Leptasterias floccosa
speciesLeptasterias floccosa
Leptasterias austera
speciesLeptasterias austera
Leptasterias hispidella
speciesLeptasterias hispidella
Leptasterias leptalea
speciesLeptasterias leptalea
Leptasterias fisheri
speciesLeptasterias fisheri
Leptasterias orientalis
speciesLeptasterias orientalis
Leptasterias aleutica
speciesLeptasterias aleutica
Leptasterias asteira
speciesLeptasterias asteira
Leptasterias compta
speciesLeptasterias compta
Leptasterias stolacantha
speciesLeptasterias stolacantha
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117697.