Rick C. West
Rick C. West (born 3 December 1951) is a Canadian arachnologist with a main expertise toward tarantula spiders.[1][2] West was born in Victoria, British Columbia. He has been interested in spiders since childhood, and collected his first tarantula, Aphonopelma eutylenum at the age of 13. He worked primarily as a Chief Constable for a local Animal Humane Society, but also have been involved with the collecting, breeding, rearing and photography of theraphosid spiders.[3] West has traveled to over 27 countries to document and study them in their environment, has been a host, presenter and co-producer in several tarantula documentaries and has also described several new species.[1][4][5][6][7][8]
Rick C. West | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 3, 1951 |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Arachnology |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | West |
Described theraphosid taxa
- Genera
- Crassicrus Reichling & West, 1996
- Psednocnemis West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012
- Species
- Citharacanthus meermani Reichling & West, 2000
- Coremiocnemis hoggi West & Nunn, 2010
- Coremiocnemis kotacana West & Nunn, 2010
- Coremiocnemis obscura West & Nunn, 2010
- Crassicrus lamanai Reichling & West, 1996
- Cyclosternum palomeranum West, 2000
- Ephebopus cyanognathus West & Marshall, 2000
- Ephebopus foliatus West, Marshall, Fukushima & Bertani, 2008
- Ephebopus rufescens West & Marshall, 2000
- Hapalotremus carabaya Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018
- Hapalotremus chasqui Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018
- Hapalotremus chespiritoi Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018
- Hapalotremus kuka Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018
- Hapalotremus marcapata Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018
- Hapalotremus perezmilesi Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018
- Hapalotremus vilcanota Ferretti, Cavalllo, Chaparro, Ríos-Tamayo, Seimon & West, 2018
- Lyrognathus achilles West & Nunn, 2010
- Lyrognathus fuscus West & Nunn, 2010
- Lyrognathus giannisposatoi Nunn & West, 2013
- Lyrognathus lessunda West & Nunn, 2010
- Lyrognathus liewi West, 1991 (synonymous with Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1988)
- Magnacarina aldana (West, 2000)
- Phlogiellus bogadeki Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016
- Phlogiellus johnreylazoi Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016
- Phlogiellus moniqueverdezae Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016
- Phlogiellus pelidnus Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016
- Psednocnemis brachyramosa (West & Nunn, 2010)
- Psednocnemis davidgohi West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012
- Psednocnemis gnathospina (West & Nunn, 2010)
- Psednocnemis jeremyhuffi (West & Nunn, 2010)
Eponymous Taxa
- Species
- Aelurillus westi Azarkina & Zamani, 2019 (Salticidae)
- Antillena rickwesti (Bertani & Huff, 2013) (Theraphosidae)
- Melloina rickwesti Raven, 1999 (Paratropididae)
- Phoneyusa westi Smith, 1990 (Theraphosidae)
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Haunters | Himself | Post Production |
| 2008 | Monsterquest | Himself | Episode: Monster Spider |
| 2006 | The Real Lost World | Himself | TV Movie |
| 2002 | Tarantula: King of the Spiders | Himself | TV Movie |
| 2002 | Spidermania | Himself | TV Movie |
| 1998 | Champions of the Wild | Himself | Episode: Tarantulas |
Selected publications
- Nunn, S. C., West, R. C. & Wirth, V. von (2016): A revision of the selenocosmiine tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with description of 4 new species. International Journal of Zoology 2016(9895234) Full Text
- West, R. C., Nunn, S. C. & Hogg, S. (2012): A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299 Abstract
- West, R. C. & Nunn, S. C. (2010): A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with further notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2443 Abstract
- West, R. C. & Nunn, S. C. (2010): A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2362 Abstract
- West, R. C., Marshall, S. D., Fukushima, C. S. & Bertani, R. (2008): Review and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical tarantula genus Ephebopus Simon 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with notes on the Aviculariinae. Zootaxa 1849 Abstract
References
- "Profile: Rick C West - Birdspiders.com". birdspiders.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- "Tarantula! | | TPW magazine | March 2010". tpwmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- "Lasiodora - Váš web o chove vtáčkarov". lasiodora.sk. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- "Rick West - IMDb". imdb.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01849p058f.pdf
- https://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02362p043f.pdf
- "A nature photographer's hairy moment in UAE leads to discovery of a new species of spider | The National". thenational.ae. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- Christine Dell'Amore. "Puppy-Size Tarantula Found: Explaining World's Biggest Spider – National Geographic Society (blogs)". voices.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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