Sphodros abboti | |
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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: | Atypidae |
Genus: | Sphodros |
Species: | S. abboti
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Binomial name | |
Sphodros abboti
Walckenaer, 1835
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Sphodros abboti also known as purseweb spider, [1] is a species of spiders from a family of Atypidae. It was described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835 and is endemic to Florida, United States. [2]
The spider is black coloured, with eight legs, and purple back. It also has only two eyes. [3] The males have blue abdomen.
They construct webs on the middle part of a tree, that remind people of short vines.
Sphodros abboti | |
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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: | Atypidae |
Genus: | Sphodros |
Species: | S. abboti
|
Binomial name | |
Sphodros abboti
Walckenaer, 1835
|
Sphodros abboti also known as purseweb spider, [1] is a species of spiders from a family of Atypidae. It was described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1835 and is endemic to Florida, United States. [2]
The spider is black coloured, with eight legs, and purple back. It also has only two eyes. [3] The males have blue abdomen.
They construct webs on the middle part of a tree, that remind people of short vines.