#5033 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co

Blue Linckia

Linckia laevigata

🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Linckia laevigata (sometimes called the "blue Linckia " or blue star) is a species of sea star (commonly known as a starfish ) in the shallow waters of tropical Indo-Pacific (a biogeographic region of the Earth's seas, comprising the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the seas connecting the two in the general area of Indonesia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,963iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
5,963 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English: Blue Linckia
scientific name: Linckia laevigata
class: Asteroidea
order: Valvatida
family: Ophidiasteridae
sightings in NL: 0
sightings worldwide: 5,963
GBIF records in NL: 0
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1758

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 57745, Wikidata Q882716, GBIF 5187093, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.