Catanduba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: |
Catanduba Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012 [1] |
Type species | |
C. tuskae Yamamoto, Lucas & Brescovit, 2012
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Species | |
7, see text |
Catanduba is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by F. U. Yamamoto, S. M. Lucas & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2012. [2]
As of December 2019 [update] it contains seven species, all found in Brazil: [1]