Antikuna (spider)

Antikuna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Antikuna
Kaderka, Ferretti, West, Lüddecke & Hüsser, 2021[1]
Type species
A. cernickai
Kaderka, Ferretti & Lüddecke, 2021
Species

7, see text

Antikuna is a genus of South American tarantulas. It was first described by Radan Kaderka, N. Ferretti and M. Hüsser in 2021,[2] and it has only been found in Peru.[1] The species of this genus live at the highest recorded altitude for the theraphosidae family, with a record of an altitude of 4,689 meters. family

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