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Size matters: Predator outbreaks threaten foundation species in small Marine Protected Areas.
PLoS ONE, 2017 The unanticipated impacts of consumers in fragmented habitats are frequently a challenge for ecosystem management. On Indo-Pacific coral reefs, crown-of-thorns sea stars (Acanthaster spp.) are coral predators whose outbreaks cause precipitous coral ...
Cody S Clements, Mark E Hay
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Species and size diversity in protective services offered by coral guard-crabs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2014 Coral guard-crabs in the genus Trapezia are well-documented defenders of their pocilloporid coral hosts against coral predators such as the Crown-of-Thorns seastar (Acanthaster planci complex).
C. Seabird McKeon, Jenna M. Moore
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Non-Invasive Underwater DNA Sampling Illuminates Red Sea Echinoderm Diversity. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT Species‐specific non‐invasive underwater DNA sampling remains largely understudied for marine invertebrates despite its potential to revolutionise biodiversity assessment of vulnerable species or fragile ecosystems. Comprehensive species‐specific DNA barcode databases are essential for accurate species identification and taxonomic assignment ...
Bonomo M, Bronstein O.
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, 2022 Published as part of Wörheide, Gert, Kaltenbacher, Emilie, Cowan, Zara-Louise & Haszprunar, Gerhard, 2022, A new species of crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster benziei sp. nov. (Valvatida Acanthasteridae), from the Red Sea, pp.
Wörheide, Gert +3 more
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Diversity, 2017 Despite the presence of numerous sharp poisonous spines, adult crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) are vulnerable to predation, though the importance and rates of predation are generally unknown. This study explores variation in the incidence and severity of
Vanessa Messmer +2 more
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Filling the gaps: first record of the Crown-of-thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci (Linnaeus, 1758) (Spinulosida: Acanthasteridae), at Gorgona Island, Colombia, Tropical Eastern Pacific [PDF]
Check List, 2017 We report the occurrence of a major corallivore, the Crown-of-thorns Starfish Acanthaster planci, on the coral reefs of Gorgona Island, Tropical Eastern Pacific.
Fernando Zapata +3 more
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Diversity, 2016 Like most coral reef organisms, crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster spp.) are expected to be highly vulnerable to predation as they transition from a planktonic larval phase to settling among reef habitats.
Zara-Louise Cowan +3 more
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Phylogeography of the crown-of-thorns starfish in the Indian Ocean. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Understanding the limits and population dynamics of closely related sibling species in the marine realm is particularly relevant in organisms that require management. The crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci, recently shown to be a species complex
Catherine Vogler +8 more
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, 2014 Published as part of 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, pp.
Haszprunar, Gerhard, Spies, Martin
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The neuropeptidome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, Acanthaster planci [PDF]
Journal of Proteomics, 2017 Outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS; Acanthaster planci) are a major cause of destruction of coral communities on the Australian Great Barrier Reef. While factors relating to population explosions and the social interactions of COTS have been well studied, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying COTS physiology and behaviour. One
Meaghan K. Smith +9 more
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