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WoRMS taxon detailsAcanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
 213289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213289)
accepted
Species
Acanthaster echinites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) · unaccepted (synonym according to Verrill (1914))
Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840) · unaccepted
Acanthaster ellisi pseudoplanci Caso, 1962 · unaccepted
Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962 · unaccepted
Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793) · unaccepted
Asterias echinites Ellis & Solander, 1786 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Verrill (1914))
Asterias echinus Gervais, 1841 · unaccepted
Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Madsen (1955))
Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
Echinaster solaris (Schreber, 1793) · unaccepted (Synonym of Echinites, which is...)
Synonym of Echinites, which is ultimately a synonym of Acanthaster Echinities solaris (Schreber, 1793) · unaccepted
Stellonia echinites L. Agassiz, 1836 · unaccepted (synonym according to Verrill (1914))
marine,
recent only
(of Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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Note Goa, West coast of India. Type data: status...
Unreviewed
Type locality Goa, West coast of India. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Description Colour in life: deep brown above with deep red tips to spines, tube feet fawn (Humphreys, 1981). Associated with live coral...
Description Colour in life: deep brown above with deep red tips to spines, tube feet fawn (Humphreys, 1981). Associated with live coral beds, sometimes taking shelter under stones close to the live colonies (Sastry, 1991). Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Tuamotus, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991). General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific region, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991). Ecology: benthic, reef (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213289 on 2024-12-21
Date action by 2000-09-25 12:31:29Z changed Garcia, Maria
original description
(of Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841) Gervais, P. (1841). Astérie. <em>Pp. 461-481 in: "Plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi" (eds) (1840-1841) Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différents êtres de la nature, ...; suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Supplément.</em> Tome I. viii+527 pp., 20 pls. Ch. Pitoit, Paris., available online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=xJQ5AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP11 [details]
original description (of Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962) 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. page(s): 322 [details] original description (of Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)) Schreber, J.C.D. von. (1793). Beschreibung der Seesonne, einer Art Seesterne, mit 21 Strahlen. <em>Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale).</em> 27: 1–6, pls. I–II (1–2)., available online at http://ds.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/viewer/image/2108412_027/6/ page(s): 2 [details] original description (of Echinities solaris (Schreber, 1793)) Schreber, J.C.D. von. (1793). Beschreibung der Seesonne, einer Art Seesterne, mit 21 Strahlen. <em>Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale).</em> 27: 1–6, pls. I–II (1–2)., available online at http://ds.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/viewer/image/2108412_027/6/ page(s): 2 [details] original description (of Stellonia echinites L. Agassiz, 1836) Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479 page(s): 192 [details] original description (of Asterias echinus Gervais, 1841) Gervais, P. (1841). Astérie. <em>Pp. 461-481 in: "Plusieurs professeurs du Jardin du Roi" (eds) (1840-1841) Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différents êtres de la nature, ...; suivi d'une biographie des plus célèbres naturalistes. Supplément.</em> Tome I. viii+527 pp., 20 pls. Ch. Pitoit, Paris., available online at https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=xJQ5AAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP11 [details] original description (of Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793) Schreber, J.C.D. von. (1793). Beschreibung der Seesonne, einer Art Seesterne, mit 21 Strahlen. <em>Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale).</em> 27: 1–6, pls. I–II (1–2)., available online at http://ds.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/viewer/image/2108412_027/6/ page(s): 2 [details] original description (of Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up page(s): 281 [details] original description (of Acanthaster ellisi pseudoplanci Caso, 1962) 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. page(s): 322 [details] original description (of Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]original description (of Echinaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)) Schreber, J.C.D. von. (1793). Beschreibung der Seesonne, einer Art Seesterne, mit 21 Strahlen. <em>Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale).</em> 27: 1–6, pls. I–II (1–2)., available online at http://ds.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/viewer/image/2108412_027/6/ page(s): 2 [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] additional source Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] additional source Bell, F. J. 1909. Report on the echinoderma (other than holothurians) collected by Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner in the western parts of the Indian Ocean. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 2nd Series: Zoology 13, 17-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16398922 [details] additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details] additional source Mah, C.L.; McKnight, D.G.; Eagle, M.K.; Pawson, D.L.; Améziane, N.; Vance, D.J.; Baker, A.N.; Clark, H.E.S.; Davey, N. (2009). Phylum Echinodermata: sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, sea lilies. In: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 371-400. [details] additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]  additional source Zenetos, A.; Meriç, E.; Verlaque, M.; Galli, P.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Giangrande, A.; Cinar, M.; Bilecenoglu, M. (2008). Additions to the annotated list of marine alien biota in the Mediterranean with special emphasis on Foraminifera and Parasites. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors [request] Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in France (Nation) : Shipping [details]Unreviewed
Description Colour in life: deep brown above with deep red tips to spines, tube feet fawn (Humphreys, 1981). Associated with live coral beds, sometimes taking shelter under stones close to the live colonies (Sastry, 1991).Also distributed in Gilbert Islands, Tuamotus, New Caledonia (Clark, 1954); SE Arabia, W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995); Lakshadweep (India)(Sastry, 1991). General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific region, depth range 0-30 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995); East coast of Africa to Hawaiian Islands (Sastry, 1991). Ecology: benthic, reef (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Type locality Goa, West coast of India. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
To Barcode of Life (415 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Asterias echinites Ellis & Solander, 1786) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Acanthaster echinites (Ellis & Solander, 1786)) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758) To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Crown-of-Thorns starfish) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Crown-of-Thorns starfish) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Crown-of-Thorns starfish) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Crown-of-Thorns starfish) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Crown-of-Thorns Starfish) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Crown-of-Thorns starfish) To Digital Atlas Of Marine Species & Locations, DAMSL (Crown-of-Thorns starfish) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthaster planci) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthaster solaris) (from synonym Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)) To Fishipedia To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 30 proteins) (from synonym Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)) To GenBank (96757 nucleotides; 34025 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (86 records) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (9 records) (from synonym Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840)) to www.reefvid.org To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010172.EC) To ITIS |
