Species Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Asterias planci Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [823].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ("he only specimen referred to by Linnaeus (1758), the one figured in Plancus (1744), plate XXXVIII (38), fig. A" (Haszprunar & Spies 2014: 272)), Goa, West coast of India.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Port Maud, WA to North Solitary Is., NSW and Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs; Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 0-65 m.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine.

 

General References

Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls.

Wilkinson, C.R. 1990. Acanthaster planci. Coral Reefs Special Issue 9(3): 93-172

Wilkinson, C.R. & MacIntyre, I.G. (eds) 1992. The Acanthaster debate. Coral Reefs 11(2): 51-122

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Dec-2012		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)