Biology:Acantharachne
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. cornuta Tullgren, 1910
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Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus Acantharachne was erected by Albert Tullgren in 1910 for the species Acantharachne cornuta. There was already a genus of echinoderms with a name differing only in the last letter, Acantharachna, so in 1929, Embrik Strand put forward a replacement name, Acantharanea. However, as the spelling was different, even if only by one letter, replacement was unnecessary.[1]
Species
(As of April 2019) it contains eight species:[1]
- Acantharachne cornuta Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
- Acantharachne giltayi Lessert, 1938 – Congo, Madagascar
- Acantharachne lesserti Giltay, 1930 – Congo
- Acantharachne madecassa Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
- Acantharachne milloti Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
- Acantharachne psyche Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
- Acantharachne regalis Hirst, 1925 – Cameroon, Congo
- Acantharachne seydeli Giltay, 1935 – Congo
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/259. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ↑ Tullgren, A. (1910). Araneae.. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6622. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29343.
Wikidata ☰ Q2822498 entry
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