Acanthasteridae

Acanthaster planci

Acanthaster planci

Taxonavigation

Ordo: Valvatida

Taxonavigation: Valvatida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida

Familia: Acanthasteridae
Genus: Acanthaster

Name

Acanthasteridae Sladen, 1889

Type genus: Acanthaster Gervais, 1841

Synonymy

• Acanthasterinae Sladen, 1889: 536.
  • Originaly a sybfamily of Echinasteridae.
• Acanthasteridae Sladen, 1889; — McKnight in H.E.S. Clark & McKnight, 2001: 182; — Haszprunar & Spies, 2014: 278.

References

• Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. 
• Haszprunar, G. & Spies, M. 2014. An integrative approach to the taxonomy of the crown-of-thorns starfish species group (Asteroidea: Acanthaster): A review of names and comparison to recent molecular data. Zootaxa. 3841(2): 271–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.2.6 Reference page. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page.