Linckia Nardo, 1834

Cunha, Rosana, Martins, Luciana, Menegola, Carla & Souto, Camilla, 2021, Taxonomy of the sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Bahia State, including ontogenetic variation and an illustrated key to the Brazilian species, Zootaxa 4955 (1), pp. 1-78 : 42

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4691086
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scientific name	Linckia Nardo, 1834
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Genus Linckia Nardo, 1834 View in CoL View at ENA

Type species. Linckia laevigata ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL (type by original designation).

Remarks. The genus Linckia is composed of nine species, only three of these are recorded for the Atlantic Ocean: L. bouvieri Perrier, 1875 , L. guildingi and L. nodosa Perrier, 1875 , the last two have been recorded in Brazil.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Echinodermata
Class	Asteroidea
Order	Valvatida
Family	Ophidiasteridae

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