Asteroidea taxon details
Acanthaster Gervais, 1841 AphiaID: 205212
| Status | | accepted |
Record
status | | Checked by Taxonomic Editor |
| Rank | | Genus |
| Parent | | Acanthasteridae |
Synonymised
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Echinaster Gray, 1840
Echinities Müller & Troschel, 1844 (A junior homonym of Echinites Gesner 1758; Leske 1778 (Echiniodea) according to Sladen (1889))
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basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
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taxa
[show all] | | Species Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917
Species Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster echinites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster mauritiensis de Loriol, 1885 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Acanthaster solaris Schreber, 1793 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
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| Environment | | marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial |
| Fossil range | | recent only |
| Distribution | | Comores [details]
New Zealand [details]
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| Links | | To GenBank
To ITIS
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| Notes | |
Description: The members of the genus are confined to tropical seas where they inhabit coral reefs, usually in the littoral zone, while A. brevispinus has been recorded from somewhat deeper water. They feed on coral polyps. Occur throughout the Indo-Pacific region (Grindley, 1963). [details]
Remark: Type species: Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841 (=Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758) by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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| LSID | | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205212 |
Taxonomic
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| | | Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Acanthaster Gervais, 1841. 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=205212 on 2013-05-20 |
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