| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Family |
| Parent | | Valvatida |
Synonymised
taxa | |
Acanthasterinae Sladen, 1889
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| Sources | |
additional source: Blake, D.B. (1979). The affinities and origins of the crown-of-thorns sea star Acanthaster Gervais. Journal of Natural History 13: 303-314. [details]
from synonym: Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates. [details] [view taxon]
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Vernacular
Names | | | Language | Name | | |
English |
crown of Thorns starfish |
[details] |
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Direct child
taxa
[show all] | | Genus Acanthaster Gervais, 1841
Genus Echinities Müller & Troschel, 1844 accepted as Acanthaster Gervais, 1841
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent + fossil |
| Links | | To GenBank
To ITIS
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196202 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Acanthasteridae. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196202 on 2013-05-23 |
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