# Linckia

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{{Short description|Genus of starfishes}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Linckia multifora 1.jpg
| image_caption = ''Linckia multifora''
| taxon = Linckia
| authority = [Nardo](/source/Giovanni_Domenico_Nardo), 1834
| type_species = ''Linckia laevigata''
| type_species_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms = 
*''Calliophidiaster'' <small>Tommasi, 1970</small>
*''Cribrella'' <small>L. Agassiz, 1835</small>
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="worms"/>
}}

'''''Linckia''''' is a genus of [sea star](/source/sea_star)s found mainly in the [Indo-Pacific](/source/Indo-Pacific) region. They are known to be creatures with remarkable [regenerative](/source/Regeneration_(biology)) abilities, and capable of defensive [autotomy](/source/autotomy) against predators. They reproduce asexually.

The genus is named after the German naturalist [Johann Heinrich Linck](/source/Johann_Heinrich_Linck) (1674–1734).

==Systematics==
Five groups within ''Linckia'' have been clearly genetically differentiated - ''L. columbiae'', ''L. bouvieri'', two clades within ''L. guildingi'', and one clade with two subclades consisting of both ''L. laevigata'' and ''L. multifora''
.<ref>Williams, S.T., Species boundaries in the starfish genus Linckia. Marine Biology, Vol 136, No 1, p.137-148 (2000)</ref>
A list of species of ''Linckia'':<ref name="worms">{{cite WoRMS |title=''Linckia'' |id=178186 |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref>

*''[Linckia bouvieri](/source/Linckia_bouvieri)''<small> Perrier, 1875</small> (=''Linckia formosa'')
*''[Linckia columbiae](/source/Linckia_columbiae)''<small> Gray, 1840</small> (=''Ophidiaster colombiae'', ''Phataria fascialis'')
* ''[Linckia gracilis](/source/Linckia_gracilis)''<small> Liao, 1985</small>
*''[Linckia guildingi](/source/Linckia_guildingi)''<small> Gray, 1840</small> (=''Linckia diplax'', ''Linckia ehrenbergii'')
* ''[Linckia kuhli](/source/Linckia_kuhli)''<small> von Martens, 1866</small>
*''[Linckia laevigata](/source/Linckia_laevigata)''<small> ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae))</small> (=''Linckia miliaris'')
*''[Linckia multifora](/source/Linckia_multifora)''<small> (Lamarck, 1816)</small> (=''Linckia costae'', ''Linckia leachi'', ''Linckia typus'', ''Ophidiaster multiforis'')
*''[Linckia nodosa](/source/Linckia_nodosa)''<small> Perrier, 1875</small> (=''Calliophidiaster psicodelica'', ''Linckia bullisi'')
* ''[Linckia tyloplax](/source/Linckia_tyloplax)''<small> H.L. Clark, 1914</small>

Some sources also give :
*''[Linckia hypnicola](/source/Linckia_hypnicola)''
*''[Linckia hystrix](/source/Linckia_hystrix)''
*''[Linckia purpurea](/source/Linckia_purpurea)''
*''[Linckia diplax](/source/Linckia_diplax)''

<gallery style="text-align:center;" mode="packed">
Image:Guildings's sea star.jpg|''[Linckia guildingi](/source/Linckia_guildingi)''
Image:Linckia laevigata Tonga.jpg|''[Linckia laevigata](/source/Linckia_laevigata)''
Image:Linckia multifora Réunion.jpg|''[Linckia multifora](/source/Linckia_multifora)''
Image:Linckia nodosa.jpg|''[Linckia nodosa](/source/Linckia_nodosa)''
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=157047 ITIS taxonomic information about ''Linckia'']
*[https://www.hawaiisfishes.com/books/hawaiis_sea_creatures/creaturebook.htm Hawaii's Sea Creatures] (info from hard-copy book)

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Category:Linckia
Category:Taxa named by Giovanni Domenico Nardo

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