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Rick C. West
Born (1951-12-03) December 3, 1951 (age 72)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
CitizenshipCanada
Scientific career
FieldsArachnology
Author abbrev. (zoology)West

Rick C. West (born 3 December 1951) is a Canadian arachnologist and an expert on the taxonomy of tarantula spiders.[1][2] West was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He has been interested in spiders since childhood, and collected his first tarantula, Aphonopelma eutylenum, at the age of 13. He worked primarily as a Chief Constable for a local Animal Humane Society, but also have been involved with the collecting, breeding, rearing and photography of theraphosid spiders.[3] West has traveled to over 27 countries to document and study them in their environment, has been a host, presenter and co-producer in several tarantula documentaries and has also described several genera and species.[1][4][5][6][7][8]

Described theraphosid taxa

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Genera

Species

Eponymous Taxa

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Species

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 Monster Quest Himself Episode: Monster Spider
2006 The Real Lost World Himself TV movie
2002 Tarantula: King of the Spiders Himself TV movie
2002 Spidermania Himself TV movie
1999 Giants: face to face with the worlds largest predators Himself TV movie
1998 Spiders Himself TV - PBS Episode
1998 Champions of the Wild Himself TV movie - Tarantulas

Selected publications

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  • Ferretti, N., Chaparro, J. C., Ochoa, J. A. & West, R. (2023). A new tarantula (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) genus endemic from Peru with a novel genitalic morphology among theraphosinae and its phylogenetic placement. Zoologischer Anzeiger 302: 102-112.
  • Nicoletta, M., Ferretti, N. E., Chaparro, J. C. & West, R. C. (2022). First record of Tmesiphantes Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Peru: a new species and its phylogenetic placement. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 94(4, e20200702): 1-17.
  • Kaderka, R., Ferretti, N., Hüsser, M., Lüddecke, T. & West, R. (2021). Antikuna, a new genus with seven new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 55(21-22): 1335-1402.
  • Nicoletta, M., Chaparro, J. C., Mamani, L., Ochoa, J. A., West, R. C. & Ferretti, N. E. (2020). Two new endemic species of Bistriopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Peru, including a new remarkable horned tarantula. European Journal of Taxonomy 644: 1-20.
  • Ferretti, N., Cavallo, P., Chaparro, J. C., Ríos-Tamayo, D., Seimon, T. A. & West, R. (2018). The Neotropical genus Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with the description of seven new species and the highest altitude record for the family. Journal of Natural History 52(29-30): 1927-1984.
  • Sherwood, D., Ferretti, N. E., Gabriel, R. & West, R. C. (2021d). Redescription of the theraphosine Hapalotremus albipes Simon, 1903 and description of four new species of Hapalotremus Simon, 1903 from Peru and Bolivia (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(9): 965-989.
  • Montemor, V. M., West, R. C., Zamani, A., Moradmand, M., Wirth, V. von, Wendt, I., Huber, S. & Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2020). Taxonomy of the genus Ischnocolus in the Middle East, with description of a new species from Oman and Iran (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Zoology in the Middle East 66(1): 76-90.
  • Nunn, S. C., West, R. C. & Wirth, V. von (2016): A revision of the selenocosmiine tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with description of 4 new species. International Journal of Zoology 2016(9895234) Full Text
  • West, R. C., Nunn, S. C. & Hogg, S. (2012): A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299 Abstract
  • West, R. C. & Nunn, S. C. (2010): A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with further notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2443 Abstract
  • West, R. C. & Nunn, S. C. (2010): A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2362 Abstract
  • West, R. C., Marshall, S. D., Fukushima, C. S. & Bertani, R. (2008): Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae. Zootaxa 1849 Abstract
  • Reichling, S. B. & West, R. C. (2000). A new species of tarantula spider (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) from the Cayo District of Belize. The Southwestern Naturalist 45: 128-132.
  • West, R. C. (2000). Some new theraphosids from western Mexico (Araneae, Mygalomorphae). The Southwestern Naturalist 45: 299-305.
  • Reichling, S. B. & West, R. C. (1996). A new genus and species of theraphosid spider from Belize (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Journal of Arachnology 24: 254-261.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Profile: Rick C West - Birdspiders.com". birdspiders.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  2. ^ "Tarantula! | | TPW magazine | March 2010". tpwmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  3. ^ "Lasiodora - Váš web o chove vtáčkarov". lasiodora.sk. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  4. ^ "Rick West - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  5. ^ West, Rick C.; Marshall, Samuel D.; Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri; Rogério, Bertani (2008). "Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1849: 35–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1849.1.3. eISSN 1175-5334. ISSN 1175-5326.
  6. ^ Rick, C. West; Nunn, Steven C. (2010). "A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiina" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2362: 1–43. eISSN 1175-5334. ISSN 1175-5326.
  7. ^ "A nature photographer's hairy moment in UAE leads to discovery of a new species of spider | The National". thenational.ae. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  8. ^ Christine Dell'Amore. "Puppy-Size Tarantula Found: Explaining World's Biggest Spider – National Geographic Society (blogs)". voices.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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