Biology:Anansi (genus)
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Mimetidae |
| Genus: | Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017[1] |
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| A. luki Benavides & Hormiga, 2017 | |
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Anansi is a genus of African pirate spiders first described by L. R. Benavides, G. Giribet & Gustavo Hormiga in 2017.[2] It is named after Anansi, a trickster god of Akan folklore. (As of April 2019) it contains only three species.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Anansi Benavides & Hormiga, 2017". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/5621.
- ↑ Benavides, L. R.; Giribet, G.; Hormiga, G. (2017). "Molecular phylogenetic analysis of "pirate spiders" (Araneae, Mimetidae) with the description of a new African genus and the first report of maternal care in the family.". Cladistics 33 (4): 375–405. doi:10.1111/cla.12174. PMID 34715733.
Wikidata ☰ Q39074319 entry
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