Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
Synonyms: Curtodus Sauvage 1867, Strophodus Agassiz 1838
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1837. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome III (livr. 8-9). Imprimérie de Petitpierre, Neuchatel viii-72
Parent taxon: Acrodontinae according to J. Rees and C. Underwood 2008
Sister taxon: Reticulodus
Subtaxa: Asteracanthus acutus, Asteracanthus granulosus, Asteracanthus magnus, Asteracanthus medius, Asteracanthus minor, Asteracanthus ornatissimus, Asteracanthus papillosus, Asteracanthus semisulcatus, Asteracanthus siderius, Asteracanthus tenuis, Strophodus asper, Strophodus irregularis, Strophodus longidens, Strophodus punctatus, Strophodus radiatopunctatus, Strophodus radiatus, Strophodus reticulatus, Strophodus subreticulatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore