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Linckia

Genus of starfishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linckia
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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.

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

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Systematics

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 .[2] A list of species of Linckia:[1]

  • 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 diplax
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References

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