The crown-of-thorns starfish (frequently abbreviated to COTS), Acanthaster planci, is a large starfish that preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia)...

Acanthaster is a bitypic genus of large and venomous starfish placed in its own family, Acanthasteridae. Its two members are known as crown-of-thorns...

Acanthaster brevispinus, the short-spined crown-of-thorns starfish, is one of the two members of the starfish genus Acanthaster, along with the much better-known...

also been used to control outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci), which is a threat to coral reefs. Single injections lead to...

Acacia acanthaster is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a rigid, densely-branched...

keystone species concept in ecology. The tropical crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is a voracious predator of coral throughout the Indo-Pacific...

Reef Research Centre Technical Report No. 32 – Crown-of-thorns starfish(Acanthaster planci) in the central Great Barrier Reef region. Results of fine-scale...

an unexplained increase in the numbers of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), which graze on living coral tissue, has greatly increased coral...

Pedicellaria of Acanthaster planci...

which have been compared to rainforest cover. Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) is the major predator of the reefs, as it preys upon coral polyps...

Chad M.; Rahul Mehrotra; Pau Urgell (2015). "Spawning observation of Acanthaster planci in the Gulf of Thailand". Marine Biodiversity. 45 (4): 1–2. Bibcode:2015MarBd...

tritonis is one of the few animals to feed on the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. Occasional plagues of this large and destructive starfish have...

and over time it gained in importance due to its resistance to the Acanthaster planci, better known as the crown-of-thorns sea star (COTS), which began...

unidentified polyps of this genus feed on the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci and may help control the crown-of-thorns population. Species so...

removed by predators or shed through autotomy. Crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), which feed on large swaths of western Pacific coral reefs, are...

academia, academic, academy acanth- thorn Greek ἀκή, ἄκανθα (ákantha) Acanthaster, acanthion, acanthite, Acanthocephala, acanthocephaliasis, acanthocyte...

synonym of two sea star species: Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793 is Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793). Asterias solaris Carpenter, 1856 is Heliaster...

hated by craftsmen and fishermen who rely on Corsola. It is based on the Acanthaster. Toxapex Dohidoide (ドヒドイデ) (0748)   Poison / Water Mareanie (#747) —...

are notable for preying on the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) among others. The genus is monotypic with the single species...

should be considered aposematic... Classic examples are the starfishes Acanthaster planci and Metrodira subulata, which have red spines... Pawlik, J. R...

Technology (QUT). The COTSBot finds and eradicates crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), a species that damages the Great Barrier Reef. It uses a neural...

homonym Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793, which is, according to Christopher Mah (2017), WoRMS, a synonym of Acanthaster solaris (Linnaeus, 1758). v t e...

Short-spined crown of thorns starfish (Acanthaster brevispinus)...

build capacity to protect coral reefs The crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), while native to the reef, poses one of its greatest threats...

Pratchett, Morgan S. (2017-03-14). "Age and Growth of An Outbreaking Acanthaster cf. solaris Population within the Great Barrier Reef" (PDF). Diversity...

also have predators in the region such as the Crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci, and a regional sea snail, Drupella fragum. The Crown-of-thorns...

unbalance the ecosystem. In 1989, the invasive crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) caused havoc in American Samoa, killing 90% of the corals in...

particularly susceptible to coral bleaching, the crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci), and harvesting for the aquarium trade. It is found on shallow...

research project spans over a decade. In the late 1970s, millions of Acanthaster planci or crown-of-thorns starfish (alamea), a coral-eating animal, ate...

observed numerous individuals of the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) gathering around the remains of the internal organs of flower...