Funnel-web spider
Appearance
(Redirected from Funnel-web tarantula)
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Funnel-web spider refers to many different species of spider, particularly those that spin a web in the shape of a funnel:
- spiders in the family Agelenidae, including
- funnel-web tarantulas (suborder Mygalomorphae):
- family Atracidae, Australian funnel-web spiders, some of which produce venom dangerous to humans, including
- Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus)
- family Dipluridae
- family Hexathelidae
- family Nemesiidae
- family Macrothelidae, sole genus Macrothele
- family Mecicobothriidae, dwarf tarantulas or sheet funnel-web spiders
- family Porrhothelidae, sole genus Porrhothele
- family Atracidae, Australian funnel-web spiders, some of which produce venom dangerous to humans, including