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Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917

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

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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]   
Holotype  USNM 37027  
Holotype USNM 37027 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). 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 2024-04-23
Date
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1999-09-04 22:25:11Z
created
2000-09-27 07:27:35Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-12-07 14:43:37Z
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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 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]
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]