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Linckia  Nardo, 1834
Taxonomic Serial No.: 157047

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Calliophidiaster Tommasi, 1970
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumEchinodermata Bruguière, 1791 [ex Klein, 1734] – echinoderms, échinodermes, bolacha da praia, equinoderma, equinodermata, estrela do mar, ouriço do mar  
             SubphylumAsterozoa   
                ClassAsteroidea de Blainville, 1830 – étoiles de mer, stelléridés, estrela do mar, sea stars, starfishes, starfish, estrella de mar  
                   SuperorderValvatacea Blake, 1987  
                      OrderValvatida Perrier, 1884  
                         FamilyOphidiasteridae Verrill, 1870  
                            GenusLinckia Nardo, 1834  
    Direct Children:  
                               SpeciesLinckia bouvieri Perrier, 1875  
                               SpeciesLinckia columbiae Gray, 1840  
                               SpeciesLinckia gracilis Liao, 1985  
                               SpeciesLinckia guildingi Gray, 1840  
                               SpeciesLinckia kuhli von Martens, 1866  
                               SpeciesLinckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) – azure sea star 
                               SpeciesLinckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816)  
                               SpeciesLinckia nodosa Perrier, 1875  
                               SpeciesLinckia tyloplax H. L. Clark, 1914  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Christopher Mah   
  Notes: Research Collaborator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology (MRC163), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560-0163   
  Reference for: Linckia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Linckia   
       
  Source: WoRMS - World Asteroidea Database, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2014   
  Notes: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org   
  Reference for: Linckia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Straughan, Dale, and Richard W. Klink   
  Publication Date: 1980   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Taxonomic Listing of Common Marine Invertebrate Species from Southern California   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Technical Reports of the Allan Hancock Foundation, no. 3   
  Page(s): vi + 281   
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  Reference for: Linckia   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178186  
 

 

    


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