Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Acanthaster echinites (Ellis & Solander, 1786), Acanthaster echinus Gervais, 184, Acanthaster ellisi (Gray, 1840), Acanthaster ellisi pseudoplanci Caso, 1962, Acanthaster mauritiensis de Loriol, 1885, Acanthaster pseudoplanci Caso, 1962, Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793), Asterias echinites Ellis & Solander, 1786, Asterias echinus Gervais, 1841, Asterias planci Linnaeus, 1758, Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793, Echinaster ellisi Gray, 1840, Echinaster solaris (Schreber, 1793), Echinities solaris (Schreber, 1793), Stellonia echinites L. Agassiz, 1836

Origin: Native

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution: Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cocos Island and Within the Galapagos archipelago only known from the Far-northern Bioregion.

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