Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Valvatacea > Order Valvatida > Family Ophidiasteridae

Linckia Nardo, 1834

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Literature

original description

Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis, pp. 716-717. Isis, Jena. Encyclopaedische Zeitung.

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

additional source

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.

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Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Linckia Nardo, 1834. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178186

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2008-10-22 by Christopher Mah

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