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 |
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]
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 |
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]