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Acantharachne

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Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations recorded16

Acantharachne is een geslacht van spinnen uit de familie van de wielwebspinnen (Araneidae).

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
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taxon name
Acantharachne
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Acantharachne
taxonomic type
Acantharachne cornuta
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Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910.

==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.

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