Tapinauchenius plumipes

Tapinauchenius plumipes
Sub-adult female
Sub-adult female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Tapinauchenius
Species:
T. plumipes
Binomial name
Tapinauchenius plumipes
(Caporiacco, 1954)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Tapinauchenius gigas Caporiacco, 1954
  • Pseudoclamoris gigas (Caporiacco, 1954)

Tapinauchenius plumipes, the orange tree spider, is a tarantula endemic to French Guiana. It was first described by Ludovico Di Caporiacco in 1954. Its previous name, Tapinauchenius gigas was based on the Latin word for giant, being gigas.[1] This tarantula is often kept as a pet and commonly bred.

  1. ^ a b c Bern, Natural History Museum. "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 2022-08-07.