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Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840) 
AphiaID: 207611

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Ophidiasteridae (Family) > Linckia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Linckia Nardo, 1834
Sources  source of synonymy: Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o - Zoologische wetenschappen Nr 208. 50 pp, 7 pl. [details]

source of synonymy: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Seychelles [details]
Tanzania [details]
Note  Synonymy: Or misidentification by Ludwig 1899? Jangoux did not see Decary's 1924 paper. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207611
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1998-08-04 14:17:36Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-07-20 06:55:28Z  changed  Appeltans, Ward
2008-12-24 03:52:28Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840). 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=207611 on 2013-05-26
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