The spotted legskate is the only species in its genus, previously several species have been assigned to this genus, but most are now placed in Sinobatis, Springeria, and Schroederobatis, leaving only A. marmoratus in Anacanthobatis.[5][6]
↑Weigmann, S.; Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2014). "Complementary redescription of Anacanthobatis ori (Wallace, 1967) and its assignment to Indobatis n. g. (Elasmobranchii, Anacanthobatidae), with comments on other legskates". Zootaxa. 3779 (2): 101–132.
↑Last, P.R.; Weigmann, S. & Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". In Last, P.R. & Yearsley, G.K (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary information. CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection. p.11.
