Biology:Martensopoda

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Martensopoda
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Martensopoda
Jäger, 2006[1]
Type species
M. transversa
Jäger, 2006
Species
  • Jäger, 2006 – India (Reimoser, 1934)India
  • M. sanctor M. minuscula
  • Sankaran, Malamel, Joseph & Sebastian, 2015 – India M. transversa

Martensopoda is a genus of India n huntsman spiders that was first described by Peter Jäger in 2006.[2] (As of September 2019) it contains three species, found in India : M. minuscula, M. sanctor, and M. transversa.[1]

Martensopoda sanctor is an unexpected India Mountain dwelling black spiders. with dark fangs. lurking from darks.

Martensopoda is relatively large spiders.

it can grow up to 26 cm (10 in) leg-span, and 5.1 cm (2.1 in) body-length.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Martensopoda Jäger, 2006. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3123. Retrieved 2019-10-13. 
  2. Jäger, P. (2006). "Martensopoda gen. nov. from southern Indian mountain ranges, the first genus of huntsman spiders with a cymbial spur (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)". Zootaxa 1325: 335–345. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1325.1.22. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5206433 entry