Heteropoda venatoria

Tags: Arachnid.

Heteropoda venatoria is a species of spider in the family Sparassidae the huntsman spiders. It is native to the tropical regions of the world and it is present in some subtropical areas as an introduced species. Its common names include giant crab spider and banana spider.

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binomial authority

Carl Linnaeus

class

Arachnid

family

Huntsman spider

genus

Heteropoda

kingdom

Animal

order

Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

*Aranea pallens, *Aranea regia, *Aranea venatoria, *Helicops maderiana, *Heteropoda ferina, *Heteropoda ocellata, *Heteropoda regia, *Heteropoda shimen, *Heteropoda squamacea, *Micrommata setulosa, *Ocypete bruneiceps, *Ocypete draco, *Ocypete murina, *Ocypete pallens, *Ocypete setulosa, *Olios albifrons, *Olios antillianus, *Olios colombianus, *Olios freycineti, *Olios gabonensis, *Olios javensis, *Olios leucosius, *Olios lunula, *Olios maderianus, *Olios zonatus, *Olius regius, *Olius setulosus, *Palystes ledleyi, *Palystes maderianus, *Sarotes regius, *Sarotes venatorius, *Sinopoda pengi, *Sinopoda venatoria, *Sparassus ammanita, *Thomisus leucosius