North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

Asteroidea taxon details

Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Linckia laevigata

AphiaID

207610 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207610)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Linckia Nardo, 1834

Original name

Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

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 MÃ¼ller & 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)

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Forma Linckia laevigata f. hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938 accepted as Linckia hondurae Domantay & Roxas, 1938 accepted as Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 662 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Note unknown ('Mediterranean and ?Indian Seas")....

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]

Descriptive notes

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]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207610 on 2025-04-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-03 23:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-26 07:19:20Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-10-22 04:26:17Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

2020-04-17 06:21:22Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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original description (of Linckia typus Nardo, 1834) Nardo, J.D. (1834). De Asteriis. Isis von Oken. 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 (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): 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 (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]

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. Philippine Journal of Science. 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. Archiv fÃ¼r Naturgeschichte. 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. Archiv fÃ¼r Naturgeschichte. 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. Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft fÃ¼r VaterlÃ¤ndische Cultur. 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 MÃ¼ller & Troschel, 1842) MÃ¼ller, 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]

original description (of Ophidiaster propinquus Livingstone, 1932) Livingstone, A.A. (1932). Asteroidea. British Museum (Natural History) Scientific Reports / Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29. 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. Philippine Journal of Science. 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. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 662 [details] Available for editors

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. 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. 1: 485-501. [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). 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. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn. 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 Linckia. Marine Biology 136: 137-148. [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors