Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida › Acanthasteridae › Acanthaster

Aphia ID

213289

EASIN ID

R16519

LSID

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Rank

Species

Environment

marine

WoRMS status

Accepted

Catalogue status

Checked & accepted

Last WoRMS sync

2 weeks ago

Name	Authority	Status	Reason
Name Acanthaster echinites	Authority (Ellis & Solander, 1786)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason synonym according to Verrill (1914)
Name Acanthaster echinus	Authority Gervais, 1841	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason Synonym according to Fisher (1919)
Name Acanthaster ellisi	Authority (Gray, 1840)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Acanthaster ellisi pseudoplanci	Authority Caso, 1962	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Acanthaster pseudoplanci	Authority Caso, 1962	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Acanthaster solaris	Authority (Schreber, 1793)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Asterias echinites	Authority Ellis & Solander, 1786	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason Synonym according to Verrill (1914)
Name Asterias echinus	Authority Gervais, 1841	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Asterias planci	Authority Linnaeus, 1758	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Asterias solaris	Authority Schreber, 1793	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason Synonym according to Madsen (1955)
Name Echinaster ellisi	Authority Gray, 1840	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Echinaster solaris	Authority (Schreber, 1793)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason Synonym of <i>Echinites</i>, which is ultimately a synonym of <i>Acanthaster</i>
Name Echinities solaris	Authority (Schreber, 1793)	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason —
Name Stellonia echinites	Authority L. Agassiz, 1836	Status Unaccepted	Unacceptreason synonym according to Verrill (1914)

No approved references are linked to this taxon yet.

Introduction event

First Mediterranean record

2006

First country

France

NIS status

NIS

Establishment

Casual

Reference

No reference linked

EcAp sub-region	NIS status	Establishment	First record
Subregion Western Mediterranean	Nis status —	Establishment status Casual	First arrival year 2006

No country recorded.

CBD category	Subcategory	Type	Uncertainty
Category 3. Transport - Stowaway	Subcategory 3.1: Shipping (ballast water, hull fouling, sediments)	Pathway type Primary	Uncertainty N/A
Category 3. Transport - Stowaway	Subcategory 3.1: Shipping (ballast water, hull fouling, sediments)	Pathway type Primary	Uncertainty N/A

Occurrences

No occurrence has been recorded for this species yet.