A new species of crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster benziei sp. nov. (Valvatida: Acanthasteridae), from the Red Sea

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: Worheide, Gert, Kaltenbacher, Emilie, Cowan, Zara Louise, Haszprunar, Gerhard
• Other Authors: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, GeoBio-Center, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany, SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology, Munich, Germany, SNSB-Zoological State Collections, Munich, Germany
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Magnolia Press 2022
• Subjects: Andreas; Dream Island; Sven
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/686609; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.7

A new species of crown-of-thorns sea star (CoTS), Acanthaster benziei sp. nov., is described based on four specimens collected from Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast where it inhabits coral reefs. Species delimitation from congeners in the species complex, i.e., Acanthaster planci, Acanthaster mauri...