Arizala, Stephany;Labarque, Facundo Martín;Polotow, Daniele
Acanthoctenus
Sign in to saveAcanthoctenus is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyCtenidae
Observations recorded184
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Ctenidae
- Collections
- MCZ, DMNS, UNM, MNRJ, MPEG, USNM
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Brasil, Ecuador, Bolivie
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Acanthoctenus is a genus of Central to South American wandering spiders first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1877.
Female A. remotus are larger than males of the species, reaching a body length of about . Males only grow up to .
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