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| Sason robustum, adult and its nest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Sason Simon, 1887[1] |
| Type species | |
| Sarpedon robustum O. P-Cambridge, 1883[1]
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9, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sason is a genus of bark-dwelling brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887.[3] It is distributed from the Seychelles through India to northern Australia. The closest related genus seems to be the monotypic Paracenobiopelma.[4]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 113.
- ^ Simon, E. (1887). "Observation sur divers arachnides: synonymies et descriptions". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 7 (6): 193–195.
- ^ Raven, R. (1986). "A revision of the spider genus Sason Simon (Sasoninae, Barychelidae, Mygalomorphae) and its historical biogeography" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. 14: 47–70. Retrieved 2016-03-07.