Biology:Afracantha

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Afracantha
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Afracantha
Dahl, 1914
Species:
A. camerunensis
Binomial name
Afracantha camerunensis
Dahl, 1914[1]

Afracantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Afracantha camerunensis. It was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1914,[2] and has only been found in Africa.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Afracantha Dahl, 1914". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/270. Retrieved 2019-05-11. 
  2. Dahl, F. (1914). "Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung.". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235–301. 

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