Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Holothuroidea > Subclass Actinopoda > Order Holothuriida > Family Holothuriidae

Actinopyga Bronn, 1860

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Muelleria*	Jaeger, 1833	synonym

Children

Actinopyga agassizii (Selenka, 1867)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: クリイロナマコ属

Literature

original description	Bronn, H.G. (1860). Die Klassen und Ordnungen der Strahlenthiere (Actinozoa) wissenschaftlich dargestellt. In: Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs, wissenschaftlich dargestellt in Wort und Bild. Zweiter Band. Aktinozoen. Leipzig & Heidelberg: C.F. Winter. 434 pp., 48 pls.
basis of record	Cherbonnier, G. (1988). Échinodermes: Holothurides. Faune de Madagascar. Paris, Publicé sous les auspices du Gouvernment de la République Malgache, Éditions de l'ORSTOM. 70: 1-292.
additional source	Samyn, Y.; Vandenspiegel, D.; Massin, C. (2006). A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). Zootaxa. 1138: 53-68.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].