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

Arachnanthus oligopodus (Cerfontaine, 1891)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Arachnanthus*	Carlgren, 1912	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cerianthus oligopodus*	Cerfontaine, 1891	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: banded tube anemone; banded tube-dwelling anemone sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Gebänderte Zylinderrose

Literature

basis of record	Morri, Carla; Federica Esposito; Daniela Pessani (2006). Cnidaria Anthozoa, in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.
additional source	den Hartog, J. C. & van der Land, J. (2000-2007). As a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1912). Ceriantharia. Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 5(3): 1-79.
additional source	Carlgren, O. (1912). Über Ceriantharien des Mittelmeers. Mitteilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 20(3): 356-391.
additional source	Leloup, E. (1960). Larves de Cérianthaires de Monaco et de Villefranche-sur-Mer1960. Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco), (1185): 1-19
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	Vafidis, D.; Koukouras, A. (1998). Antipatharia, Ceriantharia, and Zoantharia (Hexacorallia, Anthozoa) of the Aegean Sea with a check list of the Mediterranean and Black Sea species. Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 74(2): 115-126
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	Panikkar, N. K. (1947). Observations on the structure and developmental stages of a new species of Arachnactis from the Madras plankton. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. 11(9): 227-250.
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	Schmidt, H. (1974). On evolution in the Anthozoa. Proceedings of the Second International Coral Reef Symposium, 1, 533-560
additional source	Nair, R. V. (1949). On two new ceriantharian larvae from the Madras plankton. Records of the Indian Museum. 47: 239-251.

Genbank

Citation

Molodtsova, T. (2025). World List of Ceriantharia. Arachnanthus oligopodus (Cerfontaine, 1891). 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:236651