🪱Crown-of-thorns starfish
La corona de espinas o acantáster púrpura (Acanthaster planci) es una especie de estrella de mar, de la familia Acanthasteridae, orden Valvatida. Esta estrella de mar se alimenta casi exclusivamente de corales duros, representando en algunas áreas, como la Gran Barrera de Arrecifes australiana, una de las amenazas importantes para la supervivencia de los arrecifes, ya que un ejemplar de tamaño medio, devora 478 cm² de coral vivo por día.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Acanthaster planci yet.
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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 width0.8 mmaximum recorded, width / bell diameterSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumEchinodermata
- ›classAsteroidea
- ›orderValvatida
- ›familyAcanthasteridae
- ›genusAcanthaster
- ›speciesAcanthaster planci
- superclassAsterozoa
- classAsteroidea
- familyAcanthasteridae
- genusAcanthaster
All 5 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- superclassAsterozoa
- classAsteroidea
- familyAcanthasteridae
- genusAcanthaster
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