Aphonopelma mojave

Aphonopelma mojave is a species of spider, in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas).

Aphonopelma mojave
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Aphonopelma
Species:
A. mojave
Binomial name
Aphonopelma mojave
Prentice, 1997[1]

It is native to the Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States.[2]

References

  1. "Taxon details Aphonopelma mojave Prentice, 1997", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-10
  2. Hamilton, C.A.; Hendrixson, B.E. & Bond, J.E. (2016), "Taxonomic revision of the tarantula genus Aphonopelma Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) within the United States", ZooKeys, 560: 1–340, doi:10.3897/zookeys.560.6264, PMC 4768370, PMID 27006611


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