Acanthaster brevispinus

Acanthaster brevispinus

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 brevispinus
Subspecies: A. b. brevispinus – A. b. seychellensis

Name

• Acanthaster brevispinus Fisher, 1917
  • Holotype: In U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C. (U.S.A.) No. 37027.
  • Type locality: Philippines. [Off Sirun Is., Sulu Archipelago, 18 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995).]

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.  [p. 182–183]
• Fisher, W.K. 1917b. New Starfishes from the Philippines end Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 30: 89–94. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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 brevispinus p. 276]