Gandanameno spenceri
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| Spencer's Velvet Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Eresidae |
| Genus: | Gandanameno |
| Species: | G. spenceri |
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| Gandanameno spenceri (Pocock, 1900) | |
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Gandanameno spenceri is a species of spider in the family Eresidae.[1] It occurs in southern Africa and is commonly known as Spencer's velvet spider.[2]
Gandanameno spenceri is found in Zimbabwe and South Africa.[1] In South Africa, it occurs in the provinces Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, Northern Cape, and Western Cape.[2]
Habitat and ecology
Description
Gandanameno spenceri displays an olive yellow dull opisthosoma lightly mottled with paler spots. The spots on the dorsal surface form short lines on the lateral surface, and the dorsal stigmata are white-ringed. This species is smaller than G. fumosa.[2]
The species is known from both sexes.[2]
