Asteroidea taxon details
Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840
178188 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178188)
accepted
Species
Linckia diplax (Müller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (Synonym)
Linckia ehrenbergii (Müller & Troschel) · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Linckia nicobarica Lutken, 1871 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Linckia ornithopus (Muller & Troschel, 1842) · unaccepted (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Linckia pacifica Gray, 1840 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Ophidiaster diplax Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Ophidiaster ehrenbergi Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Ophidiaster flaccidus Lutken, 1859 · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Ophidiaster irregularis Perrier, 1869 · unaccepted
Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym according to Sladen (1889))
Ophidiaster pacifica (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Scytaster stella Duchassaing, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym according to Perrier (1875))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up [details]
Type locality contained in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive...
, Note St Vincent, West Indies. Holotype in Natural...
In family Linckiidae in Tortonese (1980). [details]
type locality contained in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality St Vincent, West Indies. Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1953.4.27.68 (part), paratypes Natural History Museum, London 1953.4.27.68 (Rowe & Gates, 1995).In family Linckiidae in Tortonese (1980). [details]
Description Colour in life: uniformly fawn (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, bay...
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, Maldive area, Ceylon, bay...
Description Colour in life: uniformly fawn (Humphreys, 1981).
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, 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), Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991), Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
General distribution: circumtropical (Tortonese, 1980); tropicopolitan, depth range 0-29 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); east coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991). [details]
Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, 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), Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991), Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
General distribution: circumtropical (Tortonese, 1980); tropicopolitan, depth range 0-29 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); east coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2021). World Asteroidea Database. Linckia guildingi Gray, 1840. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178188 on 2025-04-04
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Linckia diplax (Müller & Troschel, 1842)) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Linckia pacifica Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Linckia nicobarica Lutken, 1871) Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster diplax Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster ehrenbergi Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster flaccidus Lutken, 1859) Lutken, C. (1859). Bidrag til Kundskab om de ved Kysterne af Mellem-og Syd-America levende arter af Sostjerner. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1859: 25-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800406
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster irregularis Perrier, 1869) Perrier, E. (1869). Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. <em>Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris.</em> 5-188, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13976641
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Scytaster stella Duchassaing, 1850) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 4 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
original description (of Linckia diplax (Müller & Troschel, 1842)) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Linckia pacifica Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 285 [details]
original description (of Linckia nicobarica Lutken, 1871) Lütken, C. (1871). Fortasatte kritiske og beskrivende Bidrag til Kundskab om Sostjernerne (Asteriderne). <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1871: 227-304., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35853627
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster diplax Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster ehrenbergi Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster flaccidus Lutken, 1859) Lutken, C. (1859). Bidrag til Kundskab om de ved Kysterne af Mellem-og Syd-America levende arter af Sostjerner. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening.</em> 1859: 25-96., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35800406
page(s): 86 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster irregularis Perrier, 1869) Perrier, E. (1869). Recherche sur les pédicellaires et les ambulacres des astérides et des oursins. <em>Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur ès Sciences Naturelles Victor Masson et fils, Paris.</em> 5-188, plates 1-7., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13976641
page(s): 61 [details]
original description (of Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842) Müller, J. and Troschel, F. H. (1842). System der Asteriden.1. Asteriae. 2. Ophiuridae. <em>Vieweg: Braunschweig.</em> xxx+134 pp. 12 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44159
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Scytaster stella Duchassaing, 1850) Duchassaing de Fontbressin, P. (1850). Animaux radiaires des Antilles. (Plon Frères: Paris): 1-35, pls 1-2., available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6524263d/f7.image
page(s): 4 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> 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. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: uniformly fawn (Humphreys, 1981).Also distributed in SE Arabia, Persian Gulf, 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), Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991), Andaman Is. (Sastry, 1997).
General distribution: circumtropical (Tortonese, 1980); tropicopolitan, depth range 0-29 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); east coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991). [details]
Type locality St Vincent, West Indies. Holotype in Natural History Museum, London (England) 1953.4.27.68 (part), paratypes Natural History Museum, London 1953.4.27.68 (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
In family Linckiidae in Tortonese (1980). [details]
To Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophidiaster irregularis Perrier, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Linckia ornithopus (Muller & Troschel, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Linckia pacifica Gray, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Linckia diplax (Müller & Troschel, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Linckia ehrenbergii (Müller & Troschel))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Linckia nicobarica Lutken, 1871)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Comet starfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Comet starfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Comet starfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Linckia guildingi)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2017-915) (from synonym Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (167 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Ophidiaster irregularis Perrier, 1869)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Linckia ornithopus (Muller & Troschel, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Linckia pacifica Gray, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Linckia diplax (Müller & Troschel, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Linckia ehrenbergii (Müller & Troschel))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Linckia nicobarica Lutken, 1871)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Comet starfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Comet starfish)
To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Comet starfish)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Linckia guildingi)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 13 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To MNHN Type collection (IE 2017-915) (from synonym Ophidiaster ornithopus Müller & Troschel, 1842)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (167 records)
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
