Coremiocnemis valida

Coremiocnemis valida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Coremiocnemis
Species:
C. valida
Binomial name
Coremiocnemis valida
Pocock, 1895: 616 
Synonyms
  • Coremiocnemis validus: 56 

Coremiocnemis valida (also known as Coremiocnemis validus): 56 , commonly known as the Singapore tarantula, is a species of tarantula found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia.: 208  It is known to create burrows underground.: 59–60 

Covalitoxin-II was originally isolated from C. valida.: 218 

References

  1. ↑ West, Richard C. (1 June 1991), "A new theraphosid spider from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia", Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 30 (3): 615–619
  2. 1 2 3 West, Rick C.; Nunn, Steven C. (3 May 2010), "A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with further notes on the Selenocosmiinae", Zootaxa, 2443 (1), Magnolia Press: 1–64, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2443.1.1, ISSN 1175-5334
  3. 1 2 Balaji, R. Ashok; Sasaki, Toru; Gopalakrishnakone, P.; Sato, Kazuki; Kini, R. Manjunatha; Bay, Boon-Huat (2 June 2000), "Purification, structure determination and synthesis of covalitoxin-II, a short insect-specific neurotoxic peptide from the venom of the Coremiocnemis validus (Singapore tarantula)", FEBS Letters, 474 (2–3), Wiley: 208–212, Bibcode:2000FEBSL.474..208B, doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01593-3, ISSN 1873-3468, PMID 10838086, archived from the original on 17 October 2023