Antilles pinktoe tarantula

Martinique pinktoe tarantula
CITES Appendix III (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Caribena
Species:
C. versicolor
Binomial name
Caribena versicolor
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Mygale versicolor Walckenaer, 1837
  • Avicularia rutilans Ausserer, 1875
  • Avicularia versicolor (Walckenaer, 1837)

Previously placed in the genus Avicularia, C. versicolor is native to Martinique in the Caribbean Sea.[3]

Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are arboreal (tree-dwelling). They spin elaborate funnel webs in which they spend most of their time.

Spiderlings of C. versicolor are bright blue with a black tree trunk pattern on the abdomen. As they grow, they gradually lose their blue coloration; the carapace turns green, the abdomen red, and the legs turn green with pink tarsi and a covering of purple hairs. Males usually are slightly more brightly colored than females. As in most tarantula species, males do not grow as large as females, and their abdomens are smaller than those of females, even in proportion to their size.

  1. ^ "Notification to the Parties 2022/073" (PDF).
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