Harman Patil (Editor)

Linckia

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Linckia

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Valvatida

Family
  
Ophidiasteridae

Higher classification
  
Ophidiasteridae

Rank
  
Genus

Linckia Linckia Wikipedia

Lower classifications
  
Linckia laevigata, Common comet star

Adding blue linckia starfish reef tank


Linckia is a genus of sea stars found mainly in the Indo-Pacific region. They are known to be creatures with remarkable regenerative abilities, and capable of defensive autotomy against predators. They reproduce asexually.

Contents

Linckia Orange Linckia Starfish

The genus is named after the German naturalist Johann Heinrich Linck (1674–1734).

Blue linckia at 8x speed


Systematics

Linckia Blue linckia Sea Star difficult Reef Central Online Community

Five groups within Linckia have been clearly genetically differentiated - L. columbiae, L. bouvieri, two clades within L. guildingi, and one clade with two subclades consisting of both L. laevigata and L. multifora . A list of species of Linckia:

Linckia Blue Sea Star Linckia laevigata

  • Linckia bouvieri Perrier, 1875 (=Linckia formosa)
  • Linckia columbiae Gray, 1840 (=Ophidiaster colombiae, Phataria fascialis)
  • Linckia gracilis Liao, 1985
  • Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840 (=Linckia diplax, Linckia ehrenbergii)
  • Linckia kuhli von Martens, 1866
  • Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) (=Linckia miliaris)
  • Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816) (=Linckia costae, Linckia leachi, Linckia typus, Ophidiaster multiforis)
  • Linckia nodosa Perrier, 1875 (=Calliophidiaster psicodelica, Linckia bullisi)
  • Linckia tyloplax H.L. Clark, 1914

    • Some sources also give :

  • Linckia hypnicola
  • Linckia hystrix
  • Linckia purpurea

    • Linckia httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

    Linckia The Echinoblog Three Things You might not have known about the Blue

    References

    Linckia Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA