The World Asteroidea Database - Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917

WoRMS taxon details

Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917

AphiaID

213291 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213291)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

Original name

Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Acanthaster brevispinus brevispinus Fisher, 1917
Subspecies Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

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 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334970
page(s): 92 [details]

Type data

Holotype USNM 37027

Holotype USNM 37027 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213291 on 2025-05-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1999-09-04 22:25:11Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-27 07:27:35Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2008-12-07 14:43:37Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3334970
page(s): 92 [details]

basis of record Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype USNM 37027 [details]

Unreviewed

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]

Definitions

To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthaster brevispinus)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (2 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 37027)