Acanthaster brevispinus

Acanthaster brevispinus
Specimen collected by trawling on soft substrate inshore of the Great Barrier Reef
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Acanthasteridae
Genus: Acanthaster
Species:
A. brevispinus
Binomial name
Acanthaster brevispinus

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 A. planci, the common crown-of-thorns starfish.