Acrocnida

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gnathophiurina
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

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

Name

Acrocnida Gislén, 1926

• Type species: Asterias brachiata Montagu, 1804

References

Primary 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. 

Additional references

• 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.