Acanthechinus Stebbing, 1888: 883; type species: Acanthozone tricarinata Stebbing, 1883. Actinacanthus Stebbing, 1906: 326 (replacement name for Acanthechinus Stebbing, 1888).
Acanthozone – Stebbing 1883: 205 (in part).
Actinacanthus – Gurjanova 1955: 189, 199. — J.L. Barnard 1961: 102; 1969: 390, 393. — J.L. Barnard & Karaman 1991: 383, 386, 389–390. — Coleman 1998b: 215; 2007: 30.
non Acanthechinus Duncan & Sladen, 1882: 34; type species: Acanthechinus nodulosus Duncan & Sladen, 1882 (Echinodermata).
non Acanthozone Boeck, 1871: 104; type species: Oniscus cuspidatus Lepechin, 1780.