Leptasterias tatei

Leptasterias tatei

Classification

Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae

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.

Distribution

Leptasterias tatei — (c) Clark, R.N. & Jewett, S.C. 2015: A new sea star of the genus Leptasterias (Asteroidea: Asteriidae) from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa 3941(4): 579–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.6, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Clark, R.N. & Jewett, S.C. 2015: A new sea star of the genus Leptasterias (Asteroidea: Asteriidae) from the Aleutian Islands. Zootaxa 3941(4): 579–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.4.6, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionLeptasterias, Wikipedia contributors

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