Acanthemblemaria Metzelaar [J.] 1919:159 Fem. Acanthemblemaria spinosa Metzelaar 1919. Type by monotypy. Also appeared as new in Metzelaar 1922:141 [ref. 5741]. •Valid as Acanthemblemaria Metzelaar 1919 -- (Stephens 1963:27 [ref. 4270], Smith-Vaniz & Palacio 1974 [ref. 7151], Greenfield & Johnson 1981:51 [ref. 5580], Acero P. 1984:29 [ref. 5534], Rosenblatt & McCosker 1988 [ref. 6383], Johnson & Brothers 1989 [ref. 13532], Hastings 1990:725 [ref. 22888], Almany & Baldwin 1996:419 [ref. 22526], Hastings & Robertson 1999:107 [ref. 23826], Williams 2003:1763 [ref. 27109], Garrido & Varela 2008:29 [ref. 29606], Hastings & Springer 2009:12 [ref. 30391], Hastings 2009:101 [ref. 30397], Lin & Galland 2010:51 [ref. 30871], Lobel & Lobel 2011:50 [ref. 31774], Lin & Hastings 2013:3 [ref. 33286], Hastings et al. 2020:209 [ref. 37662]). Current status: Valid as Acanthemblemaria Metzelaar 1919. Chaenopsidae.