Biology:Charon gervaisi

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Short description: Species of whip-spider

Charon gervaisi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Charontidae
Genus: Charon
Species:
C. gervaisi
Binomial name
Charon gervaisi
Harvey & West, 1998[1]

Charon gervaisi is a species of amblypygid arachnid (whip-spider) in the Charontidae family. It was described in 1998 by Australian arachnologists Mark Harvey and Paul West. The specific epithet gervaisi honours French palaeontologist and entomologist Paul Gervais (1816–1879), who described the first species in the genus.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs on the tropical Australian territory of Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean. The type locality is a wood pile at the Boat Club, Flying Fish Cove.[1][2]

References

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