Influence of coral symbionts on feeding preferences of crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci in the western Pacific

By M. Pratchett. 2001

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Comparative Effects of Different Disturbances in Coral Reef Habitats in Moorea, French Polynesia (2011, background): “planci [92, 93], and tropical storms [49], especially compared to Acropora corals.”
Recovery without resilience: persistent disturbance and long-term shifts in the structure of fish and coral communities at Tiahura Reef, Moorea (2006, background): “Both A. planci and coral bleaching aVect Acropora corals more than any other genera, including Pocillopora (e.g. Marshall and Baird 2000; Pratchett 2001).”
Phylogeny of the Infraorder Caridea Based on Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes (Crustacea: Decapoda) (2009, background): “…other organisms including cnidarians, sponges, molluscs, echinoderms, echiurans, stomatopods, fish, and other crustaceans (Knowlton 1980; Knowlton & Keller 1983; Pratchett 2001; Duffy 2002; Hayashi 2002; Khan et al. 2003; Silliman et al. 2003; Bauer 2004; Marin et al. 2005; Macdonald et al. 2006).”
Symbiotic crabs maintain coral health by clearing sediments (2006, background): “Crabs also can protect the host coral from predation (Vannini 1985; Pratchett 2001).”
Variation in the structure of epifaunal invertebrate assemblages among coral hosts (2010, background): “2006) and exhibit aggressive behavior toward coral predators, such as crown-of-thorns starfish (Glynn 1980; Pratchett 2001).”
Feeding Preferences of Acanthaster planci (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) under Controlled Conditions of Food Availability1 (2007, background): “Acanthaster planci sea stars are clearly very selective in their choice of prey (Glynn 1974, 1987, Ormond et al. 1976, De’ath and Moran 1998, Pratchett 2001), and their feeding preferences are fundamental in determining their effects on coral communities.”
CoRAl-ASSoCIATED INvERTEbRATES: DIvERSITy, EColoGICAl IMPoRTANCE AND vulNERAbIlITy To DISTuRbANCE (2011, background): “Crown-of-thorns starfish are well adapted to feeding on a wide range of different corals but often exhibit a striking preference for a small suite of the available prey species, which causes differential mortality among coral species, and can exert a major influence on coral community structure (Pra”
Thirty Years of Research on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (1986–2016): Scientific Advances and Emerging Opportunities (2017, background): “, the main Hawaiian islands and Panama) Acropora is relatively scarce and coral assemblages tend to be dominated by Pocillopora, which is much less susceptible to CoTS attack [138,241,242], owing to the defensive behavior of infauna, especially Trapezia crabs.”
Impact of coral predators on tropical reefs (2008, background): “The xanthid crabs Tetralia and Trapezia spp. feed on mucus and coral tissue (Knudsen 1967, Stimson 1990, Rinkevich et al. 1991), but guard their acroporid and pocilloporid coral hosts against more damaging corallivores such as Acanthaster planci (Glynn 1980, 1987, Pratchett 2001).”
Recent disturbances augment community shifts in coral assemblages in Moorea, French Polynesia (2011, result): “There was, however, significant loss of Acropora and Montipora, which is consistent with reported feeding preferences of A. planci (Keesing 1992; De’ath and Moran 1998; Pratchett 2001, 2007).”
Coral bleaching, reef fish community phase shifts and the resilience of coral reefs (2006, background): “The loss of several coral dwelling specialists reduces the potential for positive synergism between reef corals and commensal fishes (Pratchett, 2001).”
A boom–bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of density variations in echinoderms (2009, background): “Depending on the regions affected, A. planci generally prefers the abundant acroporid or pocilloporid corals (Glynn 1976, Colgan 1987, De’ath and Moran 1998), and rarer genera can be consumed once the preferred food source becomes unavailable (Pratchett 2001).”