Acantharachne | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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Species | |
8, see text |
Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910. [2]
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]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains eight species: [1]
Acantharachne | |
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Scientific classification | |
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
| |
Species | |
8, see text |
Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910. [2]
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]
As of April 2019 [update] it contains eight species: [1]