Micrommata virescens
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| Micrommata virescens | |
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| male M. virescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Micrommata |
| Species: | M. virescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Aranea rosea |
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The green huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens) is a spider of the family Sparassidae. It does not build a web, and hunts insects in green vegetation, where it is well camouflaged. The green coloration is due to the bilin micromatabilin[1] and its conjugates in haemolymph, interstitial tissues and the yolk of oocytes.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ A. Holl & W. Rüdiger (1975). "Micromatabilin, a new biliverdin conjugate in the spider, Micromata rosea [sic] (Sparassidae)". Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology 98 (2): 189–191. doi:10.1007/BF00706130.
- ^ G. S. Oxford & R. G. Gillespie (1998). "Evolution and ecology of spider coloration". Annual Review of Entomology 43 (1): 619–643. doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.619. PMID 15012400.
[edit] Further reading
- A. Bayram & S. Özda (2002). Micrommata virescens (Clerck, 1757), a new species for the spider fauna of Turkey (Araneae, Sparassidae). Turkish Journal of Zool 26: 305–307 PDF
[edit] External links
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