🪱Crown-of-thorns starfish

Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758)

Терно́вый вене́ц, или акантастер (лат. Acanthaster planci) — многолучевая морская звезда семейства Acanthasteridae. Обитает на коралловых рифах Красного моря и тропической части Индийского и Тихого океанов. Особенно многочисленна на Большом Барьерном рифе.

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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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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