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''Arachnanthus'' is a
''Arachnanthus'' Carlgren, 1912.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-18 * '' Arachnanthus australiae'' Carlgren, 1937 * '' Arachnanthus bockii'' Carlgren, 1924 * '' Arachnanthus lilith'' Stampar & El Didi, 2018 * '' Arachnanthus oligopodus'' (Cerfontaine, 1891) * '' Arachnanthus sarsi'' Carlgren, 1912 '' Arachnanthus nocturnus'' den Hartog, 1977 is now accepted as '' Isarachnanthus nocturnus'' (Hartog, 1977).
genus
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of tube-dwelling anemone
Tube-dwelling anemones or ceriantharians look very similar to sea anemones but belong to an entirely different class of anthozoans. They are solitary, living buried in soft sediments. Tube anemones live inside and can withdraw into tubes, which ...
s in the family
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Arachnactidae. Members of the genus are found worldwide.
Characteristics
''Arachnanthus'' species live in parchment-like tubes which are buried in muddy or sandy sediment. Some species arenocturnal
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.
Species
The followingspecies
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are currently included in the genus according to the World Register of Marine Species
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:Molodtsova, T. (2018)''Arachnanthus'' Carlgren, 1912.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-18 * '' Arachnanthus australiae'' Carlgren, 1937 * '' Arachnanthus bockii'' Carlgren, 1924 * '' Arachnanthus lilith'' Stampar & El Didi, 2018 * '' Arachnanthus oligopodus'' (Cerfontaine, 1891) * '' Arachnanthus sarsi'' Carlgren, 1912 '' Arachnanthus nocturnus'' den Hartog, 1977 is now accepted as '' Isarachnanthus nocturnus'' (Hartog, 1977).
References
Arachnactidae {{anthozoa-stub