Species Linckia multifora (Lamarck, 1816)
- Asterias multifora Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Stellerides. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : Verdière Vol. 2 pp. 522-568. [565].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, 'les mers d'Europe'. - Linckia leachi Gray, J.E. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the Class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History ns 6: 175-184, 275-290 [285].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1938.6.23.36–40 5 specimens, Mauritius (as 'Isle de France'). - Linckia costae Russo, A. 1894. Echinodermi raccolti nel Mar Rosso degli Ufficiali della R. marina italiana. Bolettino della Societá dei Naturalisti in Napoli 7: 159-163 [163].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Daret Is., Red Sea.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait. Papers from the Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10: 1-224, 38 pls [66]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Houtman Abrolhos, WA to Capricorn Group, Qld and Middleton Reef, Tasman Sea; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-46 m.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, coral reef, inshore, marine, tropical.
General References
Marsh, L.M. & Marshall, J.I. 1983. Some aspects of the zoogeography of northwestern Australian echinoderms (other than holothurians). Bulletin of Marine Science 33(3): 671-687 figs 1-2
History of changes
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