🪱Crown-of-thorns starfish
De doornenkroon (Acanthaster planci) is een zeester met doornachtige stekels die over het hele lichaam zijn verspreid. Hij kan een doorsnede van 40 cm bereiken, en heeft 12 tot 19 armen.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Acanthaster planci yet.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
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
Not recorded for Crown-of-thorns starfish yet: body mass, body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
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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