| 1855 Acanthometra arachnoides - Claparède p. 675 |
| 1858 Plagiacantha arachnoides - Claparède and Lachmann p. 462-463; pl. 22, figs. 8-9 |
| 1887 Plectophora arachnoides - Haeckel p. 922 |
| 1887 Plagiacantha arachnoides - Haeckel p. 910 |
| 1899 Plectophora arachnoides - Cleve p. 31 |
| 1905 Plagiacantha arachnoides - Jørgensen p. 129 (not figured) |
| 1914 Plagiacantha arachnoides - Schröder pp. 78-80; figs. 18-19 |
| 1987 Plagiacantha arachnoides - Swanberg and Bjørklund fig. 4F |
| 2003 Plagiacantha arachnoides - Bjørklund and Kruglikova p. 245 (not figured) |
| 2003 Plagiacantha arachnoides - Cortese et al. p. 69 (not figured) |
