Family ACANTHASTERIDAE
Compiler and date details
July 2012 - Tim O’Hara, Museum Victoria
F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (1995) Updated (2001) by Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Introduction
The Acanthasteridae are a small family of only one genus, known from the Indo-Pacific region and Panamic waters. Two species are recorded in Australian waters.
The family is distinguished from others within the order Valvatida by the following combination of character states: arms many; madreporites numerous; pedicellariae upright, two-jawed; skeleton reticulate; interbrachial septa well-developed; ampullae double.
General References
Blake, D.B. 1979. The affinities and origins of the crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster Gervais. Journal of Natural History 13: 303-314 figs 1-10
Blake, D.B. 1987. A classification and phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic sea-stars (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Journal of Natural History 21: 481-528
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 04-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |