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Asteroidea taxon detailsAcanthaster Gervais, 1841
Echinaster Gray, 1840 · unaccepted
Echinities Müller & Troschel, 1844 · unaccepted (A junior homonym of Echinites...)
A junior homonym of Echinites Gesner 1758; Leske 1778 (Echiniodea) according to Sladen (1889)
Species Acanthaster benziei Worheide, Kaltenbacher, Cowan & Haszprunar, 2022
Species Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917 Species Acanthaster mauritiensis de Loriol, 1885 Species Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Acanthaster echinites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym according to Verrill (1914)) Species Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (Synonym according to Fisher (1919)) Species Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962 accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793) accepted as Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine,
recent only
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
page(s): 474 [details]
Description The members of the genus are confined to tropical seas where they inhabit coral reefs, usually in the littoral zone, while...
Description The members of the genus are confined to tropical seas where they inhabit coral reefs, usually in the littoral zone, while A. brevispinus has been recorded from somewhat deeper water. They feed on coral polyps. Occur throughout the Indo-Pacific region (Grindley, 1963). [details]
Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Acanthaster Gervais, 1841. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205212 on 2023-06-05
Date action by 2006-09-04 06:53:11Z changed Martinez, Olga
original description
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
page(s): 474 [details] original description (of Echinaster 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] 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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]  Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description The members of the genus are confined to tropical seas where they inhabit coral reefs, usually in the littoral zone, while A. brevispinus has been recorded from somewhat deeper water. They feed on coral polyps. Occur throughout the Indo-Pacific region (Grindley, 1963). [details]Remark Type species: Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841 (=Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758) by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
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