Taxonavigation

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

• 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.

• 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. 

Taxonomic references

• Gervais, 1841 in the World Register of Marine Species
• Acanthaster Gervais, 1841 Report on ITIS
• NCBI link: Acanthaster

Vernacular names