The World Asteroidea Database - Linckia crassa Gray, 1840

WoRMS name details

Linckia crassa Gray, 1840

AphiaID

378632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378632)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Linckia Nardo, 1834

Original name

Linckia crassa Gray, 1840

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 284 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Linckia crassa Gray, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378632 on 2025-04-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-12-24 03:52:28Z

created

Mah, Christopher

2014-11-19 20:38:39Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 284 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy A short-armed form of Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) according to H.L. Clark (holotype extant and conspecific with laevigata) [details]