Aphonopelma mojave
Aphonopelma mojave is a species of spider, in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas).
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Aphonopelma |
| Species: | A. mojave |
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| Aphonopelma mojave Prentice, 1997[1] | |
It is native to the Mojave Desert in Southern California, United States.[2]
References
- "Taxon details Aphonopelma mojave Prentice, 1997", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-02-10
- 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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