Arctic Seastar

Leptasterias groenlandica

General Status Rank:

Undetermined

Common Name:

Arctic Seastar

Scientific Name:

Leptasterias groenlandica

Taxonomy

Group:

Echinoderm (Starfish)

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Echinodermata

Class:

Asteroidea

Order:

Forcipulatida

Family:

Asteriidae

Distribution

7 locations, present in Beaufort Sea (GBIF)

References:

General Status Rank

Rank:

Undetermined

Decision Process Description:

New in 2019 - added by SC based on literature

Last Updated:

June 29, 2019

References

Grainger, E. H. (1966) Sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) of arctic North America. Queen's Printer.. - A2019007 Return