original description
Caso, M.E. (1962). Estudios sobre asteridos de Mexico. Observaciones sobre especies Pacificas del genero <i>Acanthaster</i> y descripcion de una subespecies nueva <i>Acanthaster ellisii pseudoplanci</i>. <em>Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia.</em> 32(1+2): 313-331.
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Synonymy Described as subspecies of Acanthaster ellisi Gray, 1840. Since holotype evidently resembles A. planci and E. Pacific specimens have been recognized as conspecific with A. planci, this too must be a synonym. [details]