Linckia Nardo, 1834

Pourvali, Naser, Aliabadi, Mohammad-Ali Salari, Salamat, Negin, Hesni, Majid Askari, Ranjbar, Mohammad Sharif, Carter, Hugh & Price, Andrew. R. G., 2025, Systematics, distribution and ecology of sea stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Iranian waters of the Persian Gulf and a revised identification key, Zootaxa 5647 (3), pp. 201-234 : 219

Genus Linckia Nardo, 1834

Type: Linckia typus Nardo, 1834 , a synonym of Asterias laevigata Linnaeus, 1758 , by original designation

Diagnosis: Arms 4–8 (usually 5), hardly, if at all, tapering, almost completely cylindrical. Disc small (R/r often 10:1 or greater). Abactinal plates irregularly arranges and all plates covered with granules. Papular pores in groups between plates rarely extending below inferomarginal series. Ambulacral armature in two (occasionally three) series, spines short often appearing granuliform. No pedicellariae.