Biology:Stasimopus mandelai
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Short description: Spider from South Africa named after Nelson Mandela
| Stasimopus mandelai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Stasimopidae |
| Genus: | Stasimopus |
| Species: | S. mandelai
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| Binomial name | |
| Stasimopus mandelai Hendrixson & Bond, 2004[1]
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Stasimopus mandelai is a species of spider in the family Stasimopidae from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa . This species occurs syntopically with S. schoenlandi and a number of other mygalomorph spiders at the Great Fish River Nature Reserve. The species was named in 2004 by zoologists Brent Hendrixson and Jason Bond "honoring Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and one of the great moral leaders of our time."[2][3]
See also
- List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
- Anelosimus nelsoni
References
- ↑ "Taxon details Stasimopus mandelai Hendrixson & Bond, 2004". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/8195. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
- ↑ Hendrixson, Brent E.; Bond, Jason E. (2004). "A new species of Stasimopus from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), with notes on its natural history". Zootaxa 619: 1–14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.619.1.1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/zt00619.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-26.
- ↑ The Times (South Africa) Published:Jul 13, 2008
Wikidata ☰ Q2914642 entry
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