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Australian funnel-web spider
Family of mygalomorph spiders / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Atracidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, commonly known as Australian funnel-web spiders or atracids. It has been included as a subfamily of the Hexathelidae, but is now recognised as a separate family.[1] All members of the family are native to Australia.[1][2] Atracidae consists of three genera: Atrax, Hadronyche, and Illawarra, comprising 35 species.[1] Some members of the family produce venom that is dangerous to humans, and bites by spiders of six of the species have caused severe injuries to victims. The bites of the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) and northern tree-dwelling funnel-web spider (Hadronyche formidabilis) are potentially deadly, but no fatalities have occurred since the introduction of modern first-aid techniques and antivenom.[3]
Australian funnel-web spider | |
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Victorian funnel-web spider (Hadronyche modesta) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Clade: | Avicularioidea |
Family: | Atracidae Hogg, 1901 |
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Diversity | |
3 genera, 36 species | |
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