Acanthopelma
Appearance
Acanthopelma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Acanthopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897[1] |
Type species | |
A. rufescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897
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Species | |
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Acanthopelma is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1897.[2] As of December 2019[update] it contains two species, found in Central America and South America: A. beccarii and A. rufescens.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Acanthopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1897), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology