Linckia laevigata

Linckia laevigata

Linckia laevigata

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ophidiasteridae
Genus: Linckia
Species: L. laevigata

Name

Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonymy

(List may be incomplete)

• Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758
• Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842: 30.
• Linckia rosenbergi von Martens, 1866
• Linckia miliaris (Müller & Troschel, 1840); — Sladen, 1889: 410.
• Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758); — A.H. Clark, 1932: 11.

References

• Clark, A.H. 1932. Echinoderms from the islands of Niuafoou and Nukualofa, Tonga Archipelago, with the description of a new genus and two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 80(2905): 1–12. BHL. 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.  [p. 174–175]
• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10 (Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 214): 1–223. BHL Reference page.  [as Linckia rosenbergi p. 66]
• Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page.  [as Linckia laevigata p.20]
• Mueller, B., Bos, A.R., Graf, G. & Gumanao, G.S. 2011. Size-specific locomotion rate and movement pattern of four common Indo-Pacific sea stars (Echinodermata; Asteroidea). Aquatic Biology 12: 157–164. DOI: 10.3354/ab00326
• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Sladen, 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. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Blauer Seestern
• English: Blue star
• español: Estrella de mar azul
• русский: Линкия голубая

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