WoRMS taxon details
Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
207610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207610)
accepted
Species
Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Linckia browni Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Linckia crassa Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
Linckia hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938 · unaccepted
Linckia laevigata f. hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938 · unaccepted
Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Linckia rosenbergi von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Engel (1942))
Linckia suturalis von Martens, 1866 · unaccepted (Synonym)
Linckia typus Nardo, 1834 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Ophidiaster clathratus Grube, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Ophidiaster crassa (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Ophidiaster laevigatus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, 1932 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Rowe &...)
Synonym according to Rowe & Pawson (1977)
- Forma Linckia laevigata f. hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938 accepted as Linckia hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 662 [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 662 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Note unknown ('Mediterranean and ?Indian Seas")....
Type data: syntypes whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality unknown ('Mediterranean and ?Indian Seas"). Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced.Type data: syntypes whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Description Colour in life: uniformly blue, grey, pink, purple or fawn. This contrasts with Pacific specimens from Palao examined by...
Description Colour in life: uniformly blue, grey, pink, purple or fawn. This contrasts with Pacific specimens from Palao examined by A.M. Clark where they were all shades of blue (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates (1995) and Kalk (1958)); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-60 m. (Rowe & Gates (1995) and Kalk (1958)); East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, coral reefs (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates (1995) and Kalk (1958)); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-60 m. (Rowe & Gates (1995) and Kalk (1958)); East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, coral reefs (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207610 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Linckia typus Nardo, 1834) Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. <em>Isis von Oken.</em> 1834: 716-717., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27510121
page(s): 717 [details]
original description (of Linckia browni Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Linckia crassa Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Linckia hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Linckia rosenbergi von Martens, 1866) von Martens. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des Indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32(1): 57-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Linckia suturalis von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster clathratus Grube, 1865) Grube, A.E. (1865). der Resultate seines Aufenthaltes auf der Insel Lussin. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 42: 47-54., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46560306#page/61/mode/1up
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, 1932) Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Asteroidea. <em>British Museum (Natural History) Scientific Reports / Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4(8): 241-265., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516829#page/301/mode/1up
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Linckia laevigata f. hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 662 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Clark, A. M. (1982). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 485-501. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Williams, S.T. (2000). Species boundaries in the starfish genus <i>Linckia</i>. Marine Biology 136: 137-148. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 717 [details]
original description (of Linckia browni Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Linckia crassa Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 284 [details]
original description (of Linckia hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Linckia rosenbergi von Martens, 1866) von Martens. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des Indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32(1): 57-92., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827
page(s): 63 [details]
original description (of Linckia suturalis von Martens, 1866) Martens, E. von. (1866). Ueber ostasiatische Echinodermen. 3. Seesterne des indischen Archipels. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 32: 57-88., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7060827 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster clathratus Grube, 1865) Grube, A.E. (1865). der Resultate seines Aufenthaltes auf der Insel Lussin. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 42: 47-54., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46560306#page/61/mode/1up
page(s): 51 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, 1932) Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Asteroidea. <em>British Museum (Natural History) Scientific Reports / Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29.</em> 4(8): 241-265., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49516829#page/301/mode/1up
page(s): 255 [details]
original description (of Linckia laevigata f. hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938) Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 221 [details]
original description (of Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 662 [details] Available for editors
[request]context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (HKRMS) Clark, A. M. (1982). Echinoderms of Hong Kong. <em>In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong.</em> 1: 485-501. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional source Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Williams, S.T. (2000). Species boundaries in the starfish genus <i>Linckia</i>. Marine Biology 136: 137-148. [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: uniformly blue, grey, pink, purple or fawn. This contrasts with Pacific specimens from Palao examined by A.M. Clark where they were all shades of blue (Humphreys, 1981).Also distributed in Marshall Islands, Gilbert Islands, Guam, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); Maldive area, Ceylon bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates (1995) and Kalk (1958)); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991).
General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-60 m. (Rowe & Gates (1995) and Kalk (1958)); East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, coral reefs (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type locality unknown ('Mediterranean and ?Indian Seas"). Also recorded from 'Coin Peros' by Bell (1909) - locality can't be traced.
Type data: syntypes whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Barcode of Life (873 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Linckia rosenbergi von Martens, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Blue Sea Star (yellow morph))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Linckia laevigata)
To GenBank (1218 nucleotides; 1181 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (219 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (38 publications) (from synonym Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Linckia rosenbergi von Martens, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (50 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Blue Sea Star (yellow morph))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Linckia laevigata)
To GenBank (1218 nucleotides; 1181 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (219 records)
