Acanthaster

Acanthaster planci

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Acanthasteridae
Genus: Acanthaster
Species: A. brevispinus - A. ellisi - A. planci

/!\ A. ellisi is now considered by most sources as a local subspecies of A. planci.

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  Acanthaster planci.
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  Acanthaster brevispinus.
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  Acanthaster ellisi.
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  Hybrid of A. planci and A. brevispinus.

Name

Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

References

Primary references

• Gervais, P., 1841: Astérie. In: "Plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi" (Eds.), (1840–1841) Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différents êtres de la nature, ...; suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Supplément. Tome I. Ch. Pitoit, Paris, pp. 461–481.

Additional references

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page.  [p. 182]
• Haszprunar, G., Spies, M. 2014. An integrative approach to the taxonomy of the crown-of-thorns starfish species group (Asteroidea: Acanthaster): A review of names and comparison to recent molecular data. Zootaxa. 3841(2): 271–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.6 Reference page.  [as Acanthaster p. 276–277] [as Echinities p. 277–278]

Taxonomic references

• Gervais, 1841 in the World Register of Marine Species
• Acanthaster Gervais, 1841 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Acanthaster – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Dornenkronenseestern
English: Crown-of-thorns starfish
français: Couronne d'épines
日本語: オニヒトデ
русский: Терновый венец