🪱Crown-of-thorns starfish

Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Der Dornenkronenseestern (Acanthaster planci) ist ein oft rotgefärbter Seestern, der sich von Steinkorallen ernährt (corallivor). Er ist in den tropischen Zonen des gesamten Indopazifiks verbreitet.

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Also called

Acanthaster planci, Crown of thorns starfish

Conservation status

Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Acanthaster planci yet.

Key measurements

Body mass: not recorded
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Crown-of-thorns starfish

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Bell width

0.8 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameter

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Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Not recorded for Crown-of-thorns starfish yet: body mass, body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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kingdomMetazoa
superclassAsterozoa
classAsteroidea
familyAcanthasteridae
genusAcanthaster

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Dornenkronenseestern (de), Acanthaster planci (es), Acanthaster planci (fr), 长棘海星 (zh), Korona cierniowa (pl), Терновый венец (ru) … and 22 more languages