Micrommata virescens

Tags: Arachnid.

The green huntsman spider (Micrommata virescens) is a spider with a palearctic distribution of the huntsman spider (Sparassidae) family. M. virescens is a species occurring naturally in Northern and Central Europe including Denmark.It does not build a web and hunts insects in green vegetation where it is well camouflaged.The green coloration is due to the bilin micromatabilin and its conjugates in haemolymph interstitial tissues and the yolk of oocytes.

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binomial authority

Svenska Spindlar, Carl Alexander Clerck

class

Arachnid

family

Huntsman spider

genus

Micrommata

kingdom

Animal

order

Spider

phylum

Arthropod

synonym

* Aranea rosea, * Aranea smaragdula, * Aranea virescens, * Aranea viridissima, * Araneus roseus, * Araneus virescens, * Micrommata rosea, * Micrommata roseum, * Micrommata smaragdina, * Micrommata viridissima, * Micrommata viridissima valvulata, * Sparassus roseus, * Sparassus smaragdulus, * Sparassus virescens