Name - Acanthaster

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:25289 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Acanthaster Gervais 1841

• Acanthaster Gerv.

• Acanthaster Gervais 1842

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Juvenile waiting stage crown-of-thorns sea stars are resilient in heatwave conditions that bleach and kill corals.
• The morphological dietary preferences of an outbreaking population of corallivorous crown-of-thorns sea stars (Acanthaster sp.) in the Gulf of Thailand.
• Body form transition in the juvenile crown-of-thorns sea star from the 5-armed metamorphosed juvenile to the multi-armed body dominated by the central disk.
• Keeping up reliable biogeographic information in a changing taxonomy: three asteroid tales.
• Growth and ontogenetic change in juvenile crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster sp.) morphology: Can morphometrics be used as an aging tool?

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