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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: | Pycnothelidae |
Genus: | Stanwellia |
Species: | S. pexa
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Stanwellia pexa | |
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Stanwellia pexa is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Pycnothelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1930 by Australian arachnologist Vernon Victor Hickman. [1] [2]
The species occurs in Tasmania, including Bass Strait islands, along coastlines in supralittoral habitats. The type locality is Prince of Wales Bay, Derwent Park, Hobart. [2]
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. [2]
Stanwellia pexa | |
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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: | Pycnothelidae |
Genus: | Stanwellia |
Species: | S. pexa
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Binomial name | |
Stanwellia pexa | |
Synonyms | |
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Stanwellia pexa is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Pycnothelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1930 by Australian arachnologist Vernon Victor Hickman. [1] [2]
The species occurs in Tasmania, including Bass Strait islands, along coastlines in supralittoral habitats. The type locality is Prince of Wales Bay, Derwent Park, Hobart. [2]
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. [2]