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

Arachnanthus sarsi Carlgren, 1912

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arachnanthus*	Carlgren, 1912	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: scarce tube-dwelling anemone

Literature

original description	Carlgren, O. (1912). Ceriantharia. Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(3): 1-79.
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	Picton, B. E. (1985). Anthozoans (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) new to Ireland and new records of some rarely recorded species. Irish Naturalists' Journal, 21(11): 484-488
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1942). Actiniaria Part II. Danish Ingolf-Expedition, 5, 12, 1-92
additional source	Molodtsova, T. N. (2003). On Isarachnanthus from Central Atlantic and Caribbean region with notes on Isarachnactis lobiancoi (Carlgren, 1912). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 345: 249-255
additional source	Nair, R. V. (1949). On two new ceriantharian larvae from the Madras plankton. Records of the Indian Museum. 47: 239-251.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1940). A contribution to the knowledge of the structure and distribution of the cnidae in the Anthozoa. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets Handlingar, 51, N.F., (3): 1-62
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1931). On some Ceriantharia. Arkiv für Zoologi. 23A (2):1-10.
additional source	Molodtsova, T. N. (2000). Fauna ceriantariy atlanticheskogo okeana I sostav roda Cerianthus mirovoy fauny. Aftoreferat na soiskanie uchenoy stepeni kandidata biologicheskih nauk. Dialog-MGU. Moscow., pp. 21.
additional source	Picton, B. E.; Manuel, R. L. (1985). Arachnanthus sarsi Carlgren, 1912: a redescription of a cerianthid anemone new to the British Isles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 83, 343-349
additional source	Fautin, D.G, Hickman, C. P. Jr., Daly, M., Molodtsova, T. 2007. Shallow-water sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) and tube anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Ceriantharia) of the Galápagos Islands. Pacific Science 61(4): 549-573
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.

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External Links

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Citation

Molodtsova, T. (2025). World List of Ceriantharia. Arachnanthus sarsi Carlgren, 1912. 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:101007