Biology:Scytodes kumonga
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Short description: Species of spider
| Scytodes kumonga | |
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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: | Scytodidae |
| Genus: | Scytodes |
| Species: | S. kumonga
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| Binomial name | |
| Scytodes kumonga Zamani & Marusik, 2020[1]
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Scytodes kumonga is a species of spider in the Scytodidae family native to Iran. It was described in 2020.[1][2] The specific name kumonga refers to the spider kaiju Kumonga, a recurring monster in the Godzilla franchise by Toho which can spit silk in a similar manner to spitting spiders to ensnare opponents, whose name in turn is derived from the Japanese word for 'spider', kumo (クモ).[3] Kumonga's binomial name in Godzilla Singular Point, Kumonga scytodes, pays homage to this species.[4][5]
See also
- Agroeca angirasu, a species of sac spider named after the kaiju Anguirus also native to Iran, classified in 2021
- Ramisyllis kingghidorahi, a species of Polychaete native to the Sea of Japan named after the kaiju King Ghidorah, classified in 2022
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taxon details Scytodes kumonga Zamani & Marusik, 2020", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/58855, retrieved 2021-02-01
- ↑ "New species of Filistatidae, Palpimanidae and Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from southern Iran" (in en). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347519611.
- ↑ "Kumonga | Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia" (in en). https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Kumonga.
- ↑ "Kumonga | Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia". https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Kumonga#Name.
- ↑ "完全新作TVアニメシリーズ「ゴジラ シンギュラポイント Godzilla Singular Point」公式サイト". https://godzilla-sp.jp/kaiju/.
Wikidata ☰ Q104700417 entry
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