Genus Linckia Nardo, 1834

Type species. Linckia laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) (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.