The World Asteroidea Database

Asteroidea taxon details

Acanthasteridae

AphiaID

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

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Valvatida

Synonymised names

Acanthasterinae Sladen, 1889 · unaccepted

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Genus Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

Genus Echinities Müller & Troschel, 1844 accepted as Acanthaster Gervais, 1841 (A junior homonym of Echinites Gesner 1758; Leske 1778 (Echiniodea) according to Sladen (1889))

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthasteridae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196202 on 2023-06-05

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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original description (of Acanthasterinae Sladen, 1889) Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]

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]

Language	Name
English	crown of Thorns starfish	[details]
Japanese	オニヒトデ科	[details]

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