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; — Ely, 1942: 28; — 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.
Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. 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 Open access 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.
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