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

arms). Acanthaster planci stricto sensu (Thailand). Acanthaster brevispinus (Australia). Lab hybrid of A. planci and A. brevispinus Acanthaster planci "ellisi"...

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 deaths...

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

begins with this symmetry in its life cycle. Acanthaster brevispinus is readily distinguished from A. planci in that it has: dense blunt spines over the...

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

Charles; Lucas, John S. (1990). "Effects of A. planci on Coral-Reef Communities". Acanthaster planci: Major Management Problem of Coral Reefs. Florida:...

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

reefs in the Great Barrier Reef is the Crown of Thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci). Population outbreaks of the Crown of Thorns sea star are one of...

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...

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 far...

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 starfish...

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

should be considered aposematic... Classic examples are the starfishes Acanthaster planci and Metrodira subulata, which have red spines... Pawlik, J. R. (2012)...

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 killed...

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...

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

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

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

zooxanthellae) and found in deeper waters. The crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) has been causing much damage to many species of coral in the Indo-Pacific...

bleaching, climate change, human activity, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) and disease. This coral can be found in the Gulf of Aden, the Red...

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 their...

Pedicellaria of Acanthaster planci...

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

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

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...

Observations of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci: Locomotory Response of Acanthaster planci to Various Species of Coral". Nature. 228 (5269):...

kowalevskii, Enteropneusta (2015) Ptychodera flava, Enteropneusta (2015) Acanthaster planci, starfish (2014) Apostichopus japonicus, sea cucumber (2017) Plazaster...

bleaching, climate change, human activity, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) and disease. It occurs in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the southwest...

bleaching, climate change, human activity, the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci) and disease. It is found in the central and western Pacific Ocean...