Acantharachne
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910[1] |
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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 . 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]
- Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa
- Lessert, 1938 – Congo, Madagascar
- Giltay, 1930 – Congo
- Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
- Emerit, 2000 – Madagascar
- Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
- Hirst, 1925 – Cameroon, Congo
- Giltay, 1935 – Congo
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Acantharachne Tullgren, 1910". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Tullgren, A. (1910). Araneae. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6622.
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