Crown-of-thorns starfish actually four species | Practical Fishkeeping magazine
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A study published in the latest issue of the journal Biology Letters
has identified the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci), a
species thought to be widely distributed throughout the Indo-Pacific,
to consist of a species complex with as many as four species.