African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840)

WoRMS name details

Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840)

AphiaID

207611 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207611)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym)

Accepted name

Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Linckia Nardo, 1834

Original name

Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Linckia miliaris (Muller & Troschel, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207611 on 2025-07-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-04 14:17:36Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-07-20 06:55:28Z

changed

Appeltans, Ward

2008-12-24 03:52:28Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2023-12-28 20:03:49Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Ophidiaster miliaris Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. Vieweg: Braunschweig. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Jangoux, M. (1973). Les Astéries de lIle Inhaca (Mozambique)(Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. les espèces récoltées et leur répartition géographique. KMMA Annalen Serie IN-8o. [The asteroids of lIle Inhaca (Mozambique) (Echinodermata, Asteroidea). I. The species collected and their geographical distribution. KMMA Annals Series IN-8º]. Zoologische Wetenschappen. 208:1-50. [details]

source of synonymy Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Synonymy Or misidentification by Ludwig 1899? Jangoux did not see Decary's 1924 paper. [details]

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