Biology:Pandercetes celatus
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Short description: Species of spider endemic to India
| Pandercetes celatus | |
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| Pandercetes cf. celatus from the Western Ghats | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Pandercetes |
| Species: | P. celatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pandercetes celatus Pocock, 1899
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Pandercetes celatus is a species of huntsman spider in the family Sparassidae. It was described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899 and is endemic to India.[1]
Members of the genus Pandercetes exhibit cryptic coloration and morphology that resemble mosses and lichens, a form of camouflage seen in various arthropods associated with lichen-covered habitats.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1899 in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.[3]
Distribution
Pandercetes celatus is currently known only from India.[1]
See also
- List of spiders of India
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Pandercetes celatus Pocock, 1899". Natural History Museum Bern. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/35133/Pandercetes_celatus.
- ↑ Soofi, Mahmood; Sharma, Sandeep (2022). "Lichens and animal camouflage: some observations from central Asian ecoregions". Journal of Threatened Taxa 14 (2): 20672–20676. doi:10.11609/jott.7558.14.2.20672-20676.
- ↑ Pocock, R. I. (1899). "Diagnoses of some new Indian Arachnida". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 12 (4): 744–753.
External links
Data related to Pandercetes celatus at Wikispecies
Wikidata ☰ Q2414868 entry
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