Linckia

Linckia laevigata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Linckia
Species: L. bouvieri – L. columbiae – L. guildingi – L. laevigata – L. multifora – L. nodosa – L. profunda – L. tyloplax

Name

Linckia Nardo, 1834

Type species: Linckia typus Nardo, 1834

Synonymy

• Linckia Nardo, 1834: 717; — L. Agassiz, 1936: 191; — Müller & Troschel: 1840: 322; — Sladen, 1889: 408–410; — Fisher: 1911: 242; — McKnight in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 174.
• Cribrella L. Agassiz, 1936: 191.
• Calliophidiaster Tommasi, 1970
  • Type species: Calliophidiaster psicodelica Tommasi, 1970
  • Synonymised by A.M. Clark & Downey, 1992.

References

• Agassiz, J.L.R. 1836. Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. 1[1835]: 168-199. BHL. Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. Reference page. 
• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1840. Ueber die Gattungen der Asterien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6: 318-326. BHL Reference page. 
• Nardo, G.D. 1834. De Asteriis. Isis, Encyclopaedische Zeitschrift 27: 716–717. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i-xlii, 1-893 BHL Reference page. 
• Tommasi, L.R. 1970. Lista dos Asteroides recentes do Brasil. Contribuições avulsas do Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade de São Paulo. Oceanografia biológica. 18: 1–61.Reference page.