African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Acanthasteridae

AphiaID

196202 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196202)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Valvatida

Direct children (1)

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Genus Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthasteridae. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196202 on 2026-01-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Acanthasteridae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196202 on 2026-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-30 14:07:12Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2008-01-19 09:31:50Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

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additional source Blake, D.B. (1979). The affinities and origins of the crown-of-thorns sea star <i>Acanthaster</i> Gervais. Journal of Natural History 13: 303-314. [details]

Definitions

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Acanthasteridae)
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