Extatosoma tiaratum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Phasmatodea |
Family: | Phasmatidae |
Subfamily: | Extatosomatinae |
Genus: | Extatosoma |
Species: | E. tiaratum
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Binomial name | |
Extatosoma tiaratum (Macleay, 1826)
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Extatosoma tiaratum, commonly known as the spiny leaf insect, the giant prickly stick insect,[2] Macleay's spectre,[3] or the Australian walking stick, is a large species of Australian stick insect.[4][5] The species has the Phasmid Study Group number PSG9.[6]