Biology:Annandaliella ernakulamensis

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Annandaliella ernakulamensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Annandaliella
Species:
A. ernakulamensis
Binomial name
Annandaliella ernakulamensis
Jose & Sebastian, 2008[1]

Annandaliella ermakulamensis is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae) in the subfamily Selenogyrinae. It is one of three species in the genus Annandaliella and the first to be described in 73 years.[2] It is native to Ernakulam, Kerala State, India .[3][4]

Etymology

The specific name of this tarantula, ermakulmensis, honors the type locality, Ermakulam.[3]

Characteristics

Annandaliella ermakulamensis has three peg-like setae on the inside of the chelicerae, a tibial comb consisting of long black setae on a tibial apophysis (i.e. a protrusion), and a long, tapering embolus without any apical keels. It is reddish brown, but on the cephalothorax it has thick dark bands radiating from the fovea, a grove in the center of the cephalothorax, to the coxae of the legs and the ocularium.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2397547 entry