Acanthaster planci

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 planci

Name

Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original combination: Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: Goa, West coast of (then Portuguese) India.

Synonymy

Acanthaster echinites (Ellis & Solander, 1786); — Sladen, 1889: 537–538.
Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 1841
- Unavailable name. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Asterias echinites Ellis & Solander, 1786 (Haszprunar & Spies (2014)).
Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840)
Acanthaster ellisi pseudoplanci Caso, 1962
Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962
Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)
Asterias echinites Ellis & Solander, 1786
Asterias echinus Gervais, 1841
- Unavailable name. Incorrect subsequent spelling of Asterias echinites Ellis & Solander, 1786 (Haszprunar & Spies (2014)).
Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758
Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793
Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840
Echinaster solaris (Schreber, 1793)
Echinities solaris (Schreber, 1793)
Stellonia echinites L. Agassiz, 1836

References

Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. [as Acanthaster planci p. 183]
Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page. [as Acanthaster planci p. 101]
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page. [as Acanthaster planci p. 28–29, pl. 9 fig.A]
Haszprunar, G. & Spies, M. 2014. An integrative approach to the taxonomy of the crown-of-thorns starfish species group (Asteroidea: Acanthaster): A review of names and comparison to recent molecular data. Zootaxa. 3841(2): 271–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.6 Reference page. [as Acanthaster planci p. 272–273] [notes on Asterias echinus and Acanthaster echinus p. 274]
Padilla-Pérez, M.S., Rodríguez-Troncoso, A.P., Sotelo-Casas, R.C., Cupul-Magaña, A.L. 2017. Equinodermos del Parque Nacional Islas Marietas: Generalidades, importancia e identificación visual como herramienta para su protección. Áreas Naturales Protegidas Scripta. 3: 51–92. DOI: 10.18242/anpscripta.2017.03.03.02.0003 Reference page. [as Acanthaster planci p. 62]
Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.

Vernacular names

čeština: Hvězdice trnová koruna
English: Crown-of-thorns starfish
français: Couronne d'épines
magyar: Töviskoronás tengericsillag
日本語: オニヒトデ
polski: korona cierniowa
ไทย: ดาวมงกุฎหนาม, ปลาดาวหนาม

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