Arthropods
🕷️Giant huntsman spider
Heteropoda maxima Jäger, 2001
The giant huntsman spider is a species of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae found in Laos. It is considered the world's largest spider by leg span, which can reach up to 30 cm (1 ft).
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Heteropoda maxima yet.
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- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classArachnida
- ›orderAraneae
- ›familySparassidae
- ›genusHeteropoda
- ›speciesHeteropoda maxima
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- orderSpiders · Araneae
- suborderAraneomorphae
- familySparassidae
- genusHeteropoda
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- orderSpiders · Araneae
- suborderAraneomorphae
- familySparassidae
- genusHeteropoda
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Laotische Riesenkrabbenspinne (de), Heteropoda maxima (es), Heteropoda maxima (fr), הטרופודה מאקסימה (he), Heteropoda maxima (it), Heteropoda maxima (nl) … and 13 more languages
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