Acantharachne
Acantharachne is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by Albert Tullgren in 1910. Taxonomy. The genus "Acantharachne" was erected by Albert Tullgren in 1910 for the species "Acantharachne cornuta". There was already a genus of echinoderms with a name differing only in the last letter, "Acantharachna", so in 1929, Embrik Strand put forward a replacement name, "Acantharanea". However, as the spelling was different, even if only by one letter, replacement was unnecessary. Species. it contains eight species: