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Acantharachne
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Acantharachne

Acantharachne is a genus of spiders in the Araneidae family. It was first described in 1910 by Tullgren. As of 2017, it contains 8 species, all from Africa.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acantharachne seydeli

speciesAcantharachne seydeli

Acantharachne milloti

speciesAcantharachne milloti

Acantharachne cornuta

speciesAcantharachne cornuta

Acantharachne madecassa

speciesAcantharachne madecassa

Acantharachne lesserti

speciesAcantharachne lesserti

Acantharachne regalis

speciesAcantharachne regalis

Acantharachne psyche

speciesAcantharachne psyche

Acantharachne giltayi

speciesAcantharachne giltayi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 418932.