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Some species of other reef inhabitants prey on this species of sea star. Various pufferfishes, Charonia species (triton shells), harlequin shrimp, and even some sea anemones have been observed to eat whole or parts of the sea stars. [3] The Blue Linckia is also prone to parasitization by a species of the parasitic gastropod Thyca crystallina.
Linckia is a genus of sea stars found mainly in the Indo-Pacific region. They are known to be creatures with remarkable regenerative abilities, and capable of defensive autotomy against predators. They reproduce asexually.
It is sometimes known as the blue seastar or tan starfish, but both these names are also used for other species (e.g., blue seastar for Linckia laevigata). It is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean where it ranges from the Gulf of California and Magdalena Bay (Mexico) to northwest Peru , including various eastern Pacific island groups such as ...
Linckia columbiae is a species of starfish in the family Ophidiasteridae. It is found in the East Pacific where it ranges from California (USA) to northwest Peru, including offshore islands such as the Galápagos. [3] Common names include fragile star, Pacific comet sea star and variable sea star.
Little red star: Fromia elegans: Purple linckia: Linckia teres, or Tamaria stria: Yes: Difficult: 20 cm (7.9 in) Red Sea Star: Fromia millepora: Yes: Moderate: 15 cm (5.9 in) Red-knobbed starfish: Protoreaster linckii: No: 30 cm (11.8 in) Sand sifting sea star: Astropecten polyacanthus: Yes: Easy: Needs a large sandbed: 20 cm (7.9 in) Tiled sea ...
Linckia guildingi, also called the common comet star, Guilding's sea star or the green Linckia, is a species of sea star reported from the shallow waters of the tropical Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. [2] [3]
This group includes the cushion stars, [113] the leather star [114] and the sea daisies. [115] Velatida (4 families, 16 genera, 138 species) [116] This order of starfish consists mostly of deep-sea and other cold-water starfish often with a global distribution. The shape is pentagonal or star-shaped with five to fifteen arms.
Some species belonging to Linckia, [1] Ophidiaster [2] and Phataria [3] shed single arms that regenerate the disc and the remaining rays to form a complete individual. Some of these also reproduce asexually by parthenogenesis .