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Linckia Nardo, 1834 
AphiaID: 178186

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Linckia typus Nardo, 1834 (type by original designation)
Parent Ophidiasteridae Verrill, 1870
Synonymised
taxa
  Calliophidiaster Tommasi, 1970 (Synonym according to Clark & Downey (1992))
Cribrella L. Agassiz, 1835
Sources  original description: Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis, pp. 716-717. Isis, Jena. Encyclopaedische Zeitung. [details]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

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taxa

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 Species Linckia bouvieri Perrier, 1875
Species Linckia columbiae Gray, 1840
Species Linckia gracilis Liao, 1985
Species Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Species Linckia kuhli von Martens, 1866
Species Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Linckia nodosa Perrier, 1875
Species Linckia tyloplax H.L. Clark, 1914

Species Linckia franciscus Nardo, 1834 accepted as Ophidiaster L. Agassiz, 1836 (nomen dubium)

Subgenus Linckia (Acalia) Gray accepted as Acalia Gray, 1840
  » Species Linckia (Acalia) erythraea Gray, 1840 (nomen nudum)
» Species Linckia (Acalia) intermedia Gray, 1840 (nomen nudum)
» Species Linckia (Acalia) pulchella Gray, 1840 (nomen nudum)
Subgenus Linckia (Phataria) Gray, 1840 accepted as Phataria Gray, 1840
  » Species Linckia (Phataria) bifascialis Gray, 1840 accepted as Phataria bifascialis (Gray, 1840) accepted as Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840)
» Species Linckia (Phataria) unifascialis Gray, 1840 accepted as Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840)
Species Linckia aegyptiaca von Martens, 1866 accepted as Gomophia egyptiaca Gray, 1840
Species Linckia bifascialis Gray, 1840 accepted as Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840)
Species Linckia browni Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia bullisi Moore, 1960 accepted as Linckia nodosa Perrier, 1875
Species Linckia costae Russo, 1894 accepted as Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Linckia crassae Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia cylindrica von Martens, 1866 accepted as Dactylosaster cylindricus (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Linckia desjardinsi (Michelin, 1845) accepted as Gomophia egyptiaca Gray, 1840
Species Linckia diplax (Müller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Species Linckia diplax Perrier, 1875 accepted as Linckia columbiae Gray, 1840
Species Linckia dubiosa Koehler, 1910 accepted as Tamaria dubiosa (Koehler, 1910)
Species Linckia ehrenbergii (Müller & Troschel) accepted as Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Species Linckia erythraea Gray, 1840 accepted as Acalia erythraea Gray, 1840
Species Linckia formosa Mortensen, 1933 accepted as Linckia bouvieri Perrier, 1875
Species Linckia hemprichi von Martens, 1866 accepted as Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Linckia hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia intermedia Gray, 1840 accepted as Acalia intermedia Gray, 1840
Species Linckia leachi Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857 accepted as Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)
Species Linckia marmorata Martens in von der Decken, 1869 accepted as Tamaria marmorata (Michelin, 1844)
Species Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840) accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia milleporella Müller & Troschel, 1842 accepted as Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Linckia milleporella von Martens, 1866 accepted as Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869)
Species Linckia nicobarica Lutken, 1871 accepted as Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Species Linckia oculata Forbes, 1841 accepted as Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777)
Species Linckia ornithopus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Species Linckia pacifica Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
Species Linckia pauciforis von Martens, 1866 accepted as Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840
Species Linckia pertusa Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Linckia pistoria (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Linckia pulchella Gray, 1840 accepted as Acalia pulchella Gray, 1840
Species Linckia pusilla von Martens, 1866 accepted as Tamaria pusilla (Müller & Troschel, 1844)
Species Linckia pustulata von Martens, 1866 accepted as Ophidiaster hemprichi Müller & Troschel, 1842
Species Linckia rosea Thompson, 1840 accepted as Stichastrella rosea (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Species Linckia rosenbergi von Martens, 1866 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia semiregularis von Martens, 1866 accepted as Certonardoa semiregularis (Muller & Troschel, 1842)
Species Linckia semiseriata von Martens, 1866 accepted as Plenardoa semiseriata (von Martens, 1866)
Species Linckia subulata von Martens, 1867 accepted as Metrodira subulata Gray, 1840
Species Linckia suturalis von Martens, 1866 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia tuberculata von Martens, 1866 accepted as Nardoa tuberculata Gray, 1840
Species Linckia typus Nardo, 1834 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Linckia typus Gray, 1840 accepted as Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Linckia unifascialis Gray, 1840 accepted as Phataria unifascialis (Gray, 1840)
Species Linckia variolata L. Agassiz, 1836 accepted as Nardoa variolata (Retzius, 1805)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Note  Remark: In family Linckiidae in Ludwig (1899) and Clark (1954). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178186
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2005-07-29 10:12:16Z  created  Braeckman, Ulrike
2008-10-22 04:26:17Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Linckia Nardo, 1834. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178186 on 2013-05-25
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