Biology:Anchonastus

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Anchonastus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Anchonastus
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
A. caudatus
Simon, 1898
Species

4, see text

Anchonastus is a genus of African huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.[2]

Species

(As of September 2019) it contains four species, found in Africa:[1]

  • Anchonastus caudatus Simon, 1898 (type) – Cameroon
  • Anchonastus gertschi Lessert, 1946Congo
  • Anchonastus pilipodus (Strand, 1913)Central Africa
  • Anchonastus plumosus (Pocock, 1900)West Africa

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Anchonastus Simon, 1898. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3093. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. Simon, E (1898). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973. 

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