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Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae

Genus: Leptasterias

(See list of species below)

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19 species (see list below)
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Leptasterias alaskensis
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Leptasterias aleutica
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Miller, Todd

Northeast Pacific and the

Leptasterias arctica(Murdoch, 1885)

Photo by Miller, Todd
 
Leptasterias arctica
[Arctic star]
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Leptasterias asteira
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Leptasterias camtschatica
[Kamchatha six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias coei
[Coe's six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias fisheri
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Leptasterias groenlandica
[Greenland star]
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Max. Length 7.5 cm WD
 
Leptasterias hexactis
[Delicate six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias hylodes
[Aleutian star]
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Leptasterias hyperborea
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Leptasterias leptalea
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Leptasterias leptodoma
[Scarlet six-rayed star]

Harvey-Clark, Chris

Atlantic Ocean.

Leptasterias littoralisunspecified

Photo by Harvey-Clark, Chris
 
Leptasterias littoralis
[Slender green sea star]
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Leptasterias muelleri
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Leptasterias polaris
[Polar six-rayed star]
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Leptasterias pusilla
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Leptasterias stolocantha
[Rough skirted star]
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Leptasterias tenera
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