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Anchonastus

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Anchonastus is a genus of African huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySparassidae

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Family
Sparassidae
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ZMUC
Recorded in
Tanzania

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Anchonastus is a genus of African huntsman spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1898.

==Species== it contains four species, found in Africa: Anchonastus caudatus Simon, 1898 (type) – Cameroon Anchonastus gertschi Lessert, 1946 – Congo Anchonastus pilipodus (Strand, 1913) – Central Africa Anchonastus plumosus (Pocock, 1900) – West Africa

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