50 Arachnanthus sarsi Carlgren, 1912

Arachnanthus sarsi Carlgren, 1912a: 27-30; Carlgren 1942: 70-71; Nair 1949: 243; Picton and Manuel 1985: 343-349; Picton 1985: 485-486; Molodtsova 2000: 15, 17; Molodtsova 2003: 251; Stampar et al. 2015c: 2164

Arachnanthus sarsii: Carlgren 1931: 9-10; Carlgren 1940: 6, 11, 13, 15

Type locality.

Röberg Indalbay, Trondheim, Norway.

Distribution.

North Sea, at 10-200 m depth.

Remarks.

This species is rather common in some areas of Great Britain and Scotland and there are two detailed descriptions; the original (Carlgren 1912b) and a redescription (Picton and Manuel 1985). The life cycle has been inferred from the occurrence of larvae named as Arachnactis albida (Picton and Manuel 1985), but further study is needed to understand the relationship in detail. Not much is known about ecological aspects of this species and this should be a very interesting field of study.

Type material.

Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet) - NRM 134778 (Holotype).