Acanthaster benziei

Acanthaster benziei

Acanthaster benziei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Acanthasteridae
Genus: Acanthaster
Species: Acanthaster benziei

Name

Acanthaster benziei Wörheide & Kaltenbacher in Wörheide et al., 2022

Type locality: Red Sea. Miskah, Farasan, Saudi Arabia. 18.841667°N 40.781389°E / 18.841667; 40.781389. Depth 10 m.

Holotype: SNSB-BSPG.GW.4202.

Paratypes: SNSB-BSPG.GW.4081; SNSB-BSPG.GW.4168; SNSB-BSPG.GW.4266.

Synonymy

• Acanthaster benziei Wörheide & Kaltenbacher in Wörheide et al., 2022: 383–390, figs. 2, 4–5, 6A–B, 7A, 8A–B, 9A.

References

• Wörheide, G., Kaltenbacher, E., Cowan, Z.-L. & Haszprunar, G. 2022. A new species of crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster benziei sp. nov. (Valvatida: Acanthasteridae), from the Red Sea. Zootaxa. 5209(3): 379–393. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5209.3.7 . Reference page.