Tags: Arachnid.

The giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima from maximus meaning the largest) is a spider of the Heteropoda genus.It is considered the world’s largest spider by leg-span. The huntsman appears to be a cave dweller and was discovered in Laos in 2001.

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binomial authority
Peter_Jaeger
class
Arachnid
family
Huntsman spider
genus
Heteropoda
kingdom
Animal
order
Araneomorphae, Spider
phylum
Arthropod

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