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.Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:
- Subgenus Leptasterias Fisher, 1930
- *Leptasterias alaskensis
- *Leptasterias camtschatica
- *Leptasterias coei Verrill, 1914
- *Leptasterias leptodoma Fisher, 1930
- *Leptasterias polaris
- *Leptasterias polymorpha Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias schmidti Djakonov, 1938
- Subgenus Leptasterias Verrill, 1866
- *Leptasterias muelleri
- Unallocated
- *Leptasterias aequalis
- *Leptasterias aleutica Fisher, 1930
- *Leptasterias arctica
- *Leptasterias asteira Fisher, 1930
- *Leptasterias austera
- *Leptasterias canuti Heding, 1936
- *Leptasterias clavispina Heding, 1936
- *Leptasterias compta
- *Leptasterias danica
- *Leptasterias degerboelli Heding, 1935
- *Leptasterias derbeki Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias derjungini Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias fisheri Djakonov, 1929
- *Leptasterias floccosa
- *Leptasterias granulata Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias groenlandica
- *Leptasterias hexactis
- *Leptasterias hirsuta Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias hispida
- *Leptasterias hispidella Verrill, 1895
- *Leptasterias hylodes Fisher, 1930
- *Leptasterias hyperborea
- *Leptasterias insolens Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias kussakini Baranova, 1962
- *Leptasterias leptalea Verrill, 1914
- *Leptasterias littoralis
- *Leptasterias mexicana
- *Leptasterias ochotensis
- *Leptasterias orientalis Djakonov, 1929
- *Leptasterias pusilla Fisher, 1930
- *Leptasterias siberica Djakonov, 1930
- *Leptasterias similispinis
- *Leptasterias squamulata Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias stolacantha Fisher, 1930
- *Leptasterias subarctica Djakonov, 1938
- *Leptasterias tatei Clark & Jewett, 2015
- *Leptasterias tenera
- *Leptasterias vinogradovi Djakonov, 1938
