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The following discussion is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by PumpkinSky talk 21:05, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Luidia superba, Luidia magnifica

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Underside of starfish Luidia magnifica, the "magnificent star"

Created/expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Nominated by Rcej (talk) at 09:27, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

  • Lets go with the original hook. Its mysterious...the very purpose of the hook!! :-) Rcej (Robert)talk 10:28, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
  • Interesting, neutral, nice picture, new articles. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:07, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
  • You could try (count the arms in the image!)

ALT2 ... that while superba usually has five, magnifica (pictured) has ten, or even 11? - Cwmhiraeth (talk) 11:01, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Good intentions, but I guess my point is that "superba" is not a species, it's just the second half of a name; the animal is either Luidia sp., or "Magnificent Star". Whether being mysterious in a global encyclopedia is OK or not I'll leave to others, but I feel that names should be given correctly or not at all. Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:34, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
The epithet is "superba". How is it incorrect to use the epithet in a hook? Rcej (Robert)talk 02:51, 17 January 2012 (UTC)


ALT3 ... that while L. superba usually has five, L. magnifica (pictured) has ten, or even 11? - Chiswick Chap (talk) 11:38, 16 January 2012 (UTC)


I fixed the original; lets go with it!! Rcej (Robert)talk 02:39, 17 January 2012 (UTC)