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Arachnactidae McMurrich, 1910 
AphiaID: 100682

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Ceriantharia (Order) > Penicilaria (Suborder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Typetaxon Arachnactis Sars, 1846 (type by original designation)
Parent Penicilaria
Sources  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 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Fautin, Daphne G. (2011). Hexacorallians of the World., available online at http://hercules.kgs.ku.edu/Hexacoral/Anemone2/ [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Anactinia Annandale, 1909
Genus Arachnactis Sars, 1846
Genus Arachnanthus Carlgren, 1912
Genus Dactylactis van Beneden, 1897
Genus Isapiactis Carlgren, 1924
Genus Isarachnactis Carlgren, 1924
Genus Isarachnanthus Carlgren, 1924
Genus Isovactis
Genus Ovactis
Genus Paranactinia
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:100682
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-09 13:56:12Z  changed  Decock, Wim
2008-08-15 16:43:54Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-08-11 09:20:33Z  changed  db_admin
2009-08-12 11:48:18Z  changed  db_admin
2010-04-28 05:16:24Z  changed  Molodtsova, Tina
  
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  Citation: Molodtsova, T. (2013). Arachnactidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=100682 on 2013-05-22
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