WoRMS name details
Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840)
378570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:378570)
unaccepted
Species
Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Acanthaster ellisi pseudoplanci Caso, 1962 accepted as Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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]
page(s): 281 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=378570 on 2026-05-24
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Nomenclature
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]
page(s): 281 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Uthicke, S.; Pratchett, M. S.; Bronstein, O.; Alvarado, J. J.; Wörheide, G. (2023). The crown-of-thorns seastar species complex: knowledge on the biology and ecology of five corallivorous Acanthaster species. <em>Marine Biology.</em> 171(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04355-5 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Synonymy A synonym according to Glynn & Turner in Glynn (1974), while Lucas and Jones (1976) note that the status is 'disputed'. Nishida & Lucas (1988) cite it as a possible synonym. [details]
