Acrocnida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Amphiuroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Ophiuroidea Subclasse: Myophiuroidea Infraclasse: Metophiurida Superordo: Euryophiurida Ordo: Ophiurida Subordo: Gnathophiurina Superfamilia: Amphiuroidea

Familia: Amphiuridae
Genera: Acrocnida
Species: A. brachiata – A. semisquamata – A. spatulispina

Name

Acrocnida Gislén, 1926

Type species: Asterias brachiata Montagu, 1804

Synonymy

• Acrocnida Gislén, 1926; — Mortensen, 1927: 217–218; — Stöhr & Muths, 2010: 833.

References

• Gislén, T. 1926. On the generic types of the ophiurid genus Ophiocentrus Ljungman (Amphiocnida Verrill). Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar. Fjärde Följden, 30(6): 1-16. Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Stöhr, S. & Muths, D. 2010. Morphological diagnosis of the two genetic lineages of Acrocnida brachiata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), with description of a new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90(4): 831–843. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315409990749 Reference page.