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What is the crown of thorns scientife name?
The scientific name is Acanthaster planci.
What is zoological name of ''star fish''?
Acanthaster planci
Scientific name for a crown of thorns starfish?
The name you are looking for is Acanthaster planci.
What is the crown of thorns starfish scientific name?
The scientific name is Acanthaster planci.
What is a planci?
planci is an other word for plankton. it's basicly the plural word for plankton.
What is ancanthaster planci?
That is the Latin name for the crown-of-thorns starfish.
What are 3 facts about the starfish being discovered?
The French zoologist and anatomist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville coined the term "paleontology" in 1822, becoming a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1825. He is credited with taxonomically identifying starfish in 1830. Carl Linnaeus had identified the "crown-of-thorns starfish" (Acanthaster planci) in 1758. Some deep-sea starfish were identified by Edmond Perrier in the 1880s.
Where is the crown of thorns starfish found?
The crown-of-thorns starfish is found in the Indo-Pacific region, including the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the Red Sea, and parts of the Pacific Ocean. They typically inhabit coral reefs and rocky areas, where they feed on coral polyps.
What starfish is harming the Barrier Reef?
A starfish called Crown of Thorns starfish.The Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Acanthaster planci, commonly known as the crown-of-thorns starfish, is a large multi-armed starfish (or seastar) that usually preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia). It is a coral reef predator which preys on coral polyps by climbing onto them, extruding its stomach over them, and releasing digestive enzymes to absorb the liquified tissue. An individual adult of this species can eat up to six square metres of living reef in a single year.
Is a shark nocturnal or diurnal?
The whale shark is a filter feeding shark that is very large. A whale shark is not nocturnal. It is, in fact, diurnal.
What has the author Peter James written?
Peter James has written: 'Plural rationalities' 'The future of coal' -- subject(s): Coal trade 'Requiem for the reef' -- subject(s): Acanthaster planci, Starfishes 'Ancient mysteries'
Why are starfish named starfish?
Well a starfish is called a starfish because,it is shaped like a star. (answer found by 10 year old Katie Shymonowicz( Shy-mon-o-witz)Katie is right, but I must add that a starfish is no longer called a starfish. It is now called a "sea star." Starfish was a misnomer as it wasn't a fish. But they get the name sea star because they live in the ocean and they are shaped like a star. (answer found by 11 year old Megan Varney)
