Linckia
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ToursExplore Lably’s 3D toursThe genus is named after the German naturalist Johann Heinrich Linck (1674–1734).
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 . A list of species of Linckia:
- 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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