Dictyocha subgenus Actiniscus Appendix A

"DICTYOCHA subgenus ACTINISCUS" Ehrenberg 1841, p.149–150.  NOW Actiniscus.  Originally Dictyocha subgenus Actiniscus, subsequently (and now) Actiniscus.  See genus entry for Actiniscus and species entries for Dictyocha elegans, Dictyocha pentasterias and Dictyocha sirius.  Type: not designated; "type species" is Actiniscus pentasterias, designated by Downie and Sarjeant (January, 1965, p.81–82) for Actiniscus.