WoRMS taxon details
Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917
213291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213291)
accepted
Species
Subspecies Acanthaster brevispinus brevispinus Fisher, 1917
Subspecies Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984
Subspecies Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fisher, W.K. (1917). New starfishes from the Philippines and Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30: 89-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22874#page/111/mode/1up
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
Holotype USNM 37027
Holotype USNM 37027 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2018). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213291 on 2018-11-21
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2000-09-27 07:27:35Z
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Garcia, Maria
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original description
Fisher, W.K. (1917). New starfishes from the Philippines and Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 30: 89-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/22874#page/111/mode/1up
page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, <B><I>in</I></B>: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). <i>Echinoderm Studies,</i> 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
basis of record Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, <B><I>in</I></B>: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). <i>Echinoderm Studies,</i> 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype USNM 37027 [details]
From other sources
Ecology Ecology: benthic, inshore. General distribution: tropical, west Pacific, depth range to 20 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).Also distributed in Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Holotype Holotype in U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (USA) No. 37027. Type locality: off Sirun Is., Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, 18 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Madsen (1955) suspects that this species may prove to be a short spined variation of A. planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (Grindley, 1963). [details]