Sydney funnel-web spider

Sydney funnel-web spider
Male (top) and female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Atracidae
Genus: Atrax
Species:
A. robustus
Binomial name
Atrax robustus
Synonyms[2]
  • Euctimena tibialis Rainbow, 1914
  • Poikilomorpha montana Rainbow, 1914

The Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus) is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a 100 km (62 mi) radius of Sydney. It is a member of a group of spiders known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death in humans if left untreated.[3]

The Sydney funnel-web has a body length ranging from 1 to 5 cm (0.4 to 2 in). Both sexes are glossy and darkly coloured, ranging from blue-black, to black, to shades of brown or dark-plum coloured.

  1. ^ "Taxon details Atrax robustus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 21 January 2016
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gray10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Alcock, MD, MS, Joe. "Funnel Web Spider Envenomation / Pathophysiology". Medscape Reference. Retrieved 3 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)