Leptasterias tenera (Stimpson, 1862)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Stimpson, W. (1862). On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory, 8: 261–273. https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=260203
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Echinodermata
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Forcipulatida
- family
- Asteriidae
- genus
- Leptasterias
- species
- Leptasterias tenera
Name
- Synonyms
- Asteracanthion flaccida A.Agassiz, 1864
- Asterias tenera Stimpson, 1862
- Homonyms
- Leptasterias tenera (Stimpson, 1862)
- Common names
- Slender Sea Star in English
- Slender Starfish in English
- Slender Sea Star in English
Bibliographic References
- Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp.
- Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
- Gosner, 1977
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p.
- Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324.