Genus
Leptasterias
Leptasterias hexactis. Photo: (c) Brenna Green, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
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.
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