The World Asteroidea Database - Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Asteroidea taxon details

Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Acanthaster planci

AphiaID

213289 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213289)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

Orig. name

Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

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))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

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. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Type data

Note Goa, West coast of India. Type data: status...

From other sources

Type locality Goa, West coast of India. Type data: status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]

Descriptive notes

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]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213289 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-03 23:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2000-09-25 12:31:29Z

changed

Garcia, Maria

2009-01-30 03:03:03Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841) Gervais, P. (1841). Astérie. 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. 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 Acanthaster y descripcion de una subespecies nueva Acanthaster ellisii pseudoplanci. Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia. 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. Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale). 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. Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale). 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. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel. 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. 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. 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. Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale). 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 (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History. 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 Acanthaster y descripcion de una subespecies nueva Acanthaster ellisii pseudoplanci. Sobretiro de los Anales del Instituto de Biologia. 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. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Echinaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)) Schreber, J.C.D. von. (1793). Beschreibung der Seesonne, einer Art Seesterne, mit 21 Strahlen. Der Naturforscher (Halle a. d. Saale). 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. In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies. 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. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). 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. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne). [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. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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. Mediterranean Marine Science. 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. Mediterranean Marine Science. 9(1): 119-165., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.146 [details] Available for editors