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Menneus camelus

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Menneus camelus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Deinopidae
Genus: Menneus
Species:
M. camelus
Binomial name
Menneus camelus
Pocock, 1902

Menneus camelus, also known as the camel-back spider, is a species of net-casting spider in the family Deinopidae. It is endemic to eastern South Africa.[1]: 14 

References

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  1. ^ Coddington, Jonathan A.; Kuntner, Matjaz; Opell, Brent D. (2012). "Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae with a Revision of the Genus Menneus". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (636): 1–61. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.636.1.
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