Linckia Nardo 1834 (sea star)

Asteroidea - Valvatida - Ophidiasteridae

Full reference: J. D. Nardo. 1834. De Asteriis. Isis, Encyclopaedische Zeitung, Jena 716-717

Parent taxon: Ophidiasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Verrill 1870

Sister taxa: Altairia, Certonardoa, Chariaster, Denebia, Nardoa, Ophidiaster, Sladenia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Linckia in the database

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