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Hexathelidae

arachnid family
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  • Curtain web spider
    spider
    / Annotated classification

    Family Hexathelidae 85 mostly tropical species. Arched, glabrous carapace differentiates it from Dipluridae; Australian funnel-web spiders (genus Atrax) of southeastern Australia are venomous. Family Atypidae (purseweb spiders) 43 species of Europe, North America, Japan,

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    Family Hexathelidae 85 mostly tropical species. Arched, glabrous carapace differentiates it from Dipluridae; Australian funnel-web spiders (genus Atrax) of southeastern Australia are venomous. Family Atypidae (purseweb spiders) 43 species of Europe, North America, Japan,

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