Aphonopelma atomicum
Appearance
Aphonopelma atomicum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Aphonopelma |
Species: | A. atomicum
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Binomial name | |
Aphonopelma atomicum Hamilton, 2016[1]
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Aphonopelma atomicum is a species of spiders in the family Theraphosidae, found in United States (California, Nevada).[1] Like many New World tarantulas, they flick urticating hairs at attackers if threatened.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hamilton, C.A.; Hendrixson, B.E. & Bond, J.E. (2016), "Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States", ZooKeys (560): 1–340, Bibcode:2016ZooK..560....1H, doi:10.3897/zookeys.560.6264, PMC 4768370, PMID 27006611