Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Ceriantharia > Suborder Penicillaria > Family Arachnactidae

Arachnactis Sars, 1846

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arachnactis albida Sars, 1846

Literature

original description	Sars, M. (1846). Ueber Arachnactis albida, einen schwimmenden Polypen Fauna littoralis Norvegiae, 1: 28-30
basis of record	van der Land, J.; den Hartog, J.H. (2001). Actiniaria, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 106-109
additional source	Parry, G. (1951). The Actiniaria of New Zealand. A check-list of recorded and new species a review of the literature and a key to the commoner forms Part I. Records of the Canterbury Museum, 6(1): 83-119
additional source	M'Intosh, W. C. (1890). Notes from St. Andrews Marine Laboratory (under Fishery Board for Scotland). No.11. On the occurence of the hydromedusae throughout the year. On Arachnactis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 6, 7, (42): 296-306
additional source	Allman, G. J. (1875). Instructions on the construction and method of using the towing net, and notes on the animals which may be obtained by its employment.. Printed for Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London., chapter 7, pp. 52-59
additional source	McMurrich, J. P. (1893). Report on the Actiniæ collected by the United States Fish Commission Steamer Albatross during the winter of 1887-1888. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 16(930): 119-216
additional source	Verrill, A. E. (1873). XVIII. Report upon the invertebrate animals of Vineyard Sound and the adjacent waters, with an account of the physical characters of the region. Report on the condition of the sea fisheries of the south coast of New England [later becomes Reports of the United States Commissioner of Fisheries]. 1: 295-778 pls. 1-38.
additional source	den Hartog, J.C. (1977). Descriptions of two new Ceriantharia from the Caribbean region, Pachycerianthus curacaoensis n. sp. and Arachnanthus nocturnus n. sp., with a discussion of the cnidom and of the classification of the Ceriantharia. Zoologische Mededelingen. 51(14), 211-242.
additional source	Verrill, A. E. (1868-1870). Review of the corals and polyps of the west coast of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1, 6, 377-558.
additional source	Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie (Monografia). Coi Tipi der Salviucci. Roma., volume 1 (Bibliografia, introduzione e specigrafia), pp. 460.
additional source	Leloup, E. (1964). Larves de Cerianthaires. Discovery reports. 33: 251-307.
additional source	Leloup, E. (1962). Anthozoa Ceriantharia: larvae. Conseil International pour l'Exploration de la mer, Zooplankton, (93): 1-7
additional source	Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World.
additional source	Andres, A. (1883). Le Attinie. Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 14, 3, Memorie, 211-673
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additional source	Andres, A. (1880). Intorno all'Edwardsia Claparedii (Halcampa Claparedii Panc.). Atti dell' Accademia de Lincei, 5, 3, 221-236
additional source	Menon, K. R. (1927). Subclass Zoantharia (except Scleractiniae). Bulletin of Madras Government Museum (Natural History Section), 1(1): 31-40
additional source	Gravier, C. (1902). Sur un cérianthaire pélagique adulte. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris, 135, 15
additional source	Williams, G. (1954). Fauna of Strangford Lough and neighbouring coasts. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. (B)56:29-133. (ii-1954) (copepod pp. 70).
additional source	Beneden, É. (1891). Recherches sur la développment des Arachnactis. Archives de Biologie, 9, 115-146
additional source	Panikkar K., 1936. On Apiactis bengalensis, species nova, a new pelagic larval ceriantharian from the Madras plankton. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 140: 250-260
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1924). Die larven der Ceriantharien, Zoantharien und Actiniarien der deutschen Tiefsee-expedition mit einen Nachtrag zu den Zoantharien. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. 19: 339-476.

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Citation

Molodtsova, T. (2025). World List of Ceriantharia. Arachnactis Sars, 1846. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100778