Catanduba

Catanduba
Catanduba simoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Catanduba
Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012
Type species
C. tuskae
Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012
Species

7, see text

Catanduba is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by F. U. Yamamoto, S. M. Lucas & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2012.

Species

As of December 2019 it contains seven species, all found in Brazil:

References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  2. ↑ Yamamoto, F. U.; Lucas, S. M.; Brescovit, A. D. (2012). "Catanduba, a new Theraphosinae spider genus from central Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae)". Zootaxa. 3172: 1–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3172.1.1.