Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984

Haszprunar, Gerhard & Spies, Martin, 2014, An integrative approach to the taxonomy of the crown-of-thorns starfish species group (Asteroidea: Acanthaster): A review of names and comparison to recent molecular data, Zootaxa 3841 (2), pp. 271-284 : 276

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.6

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14079782

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scientific name

Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984
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Acanthaster brevispinus seychellensis Jangoux & Aziz, 1984 View in CoL

Original source. Jangoux & Aziz (1984): p. 868–869, pl. 4: figs. C–D.

Nomenclatural status. Available name.

Type material. Holotype (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris; nr. EcAs 2968). GoogleMaps

Type locality. "Coriolis" campaign station C 26 (08.ix.1980), 4º57.5´S, 55º10.6´E, 63 m, Seychelles, western Indian Ocean   GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Jangoux & Aziz (1984) based their diagnosis on several morphological characteristics. However, subspecies status remains to be tested with molecular data, as no specimen from the type locality has been sequenced.

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