Stasimopus spinosus

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Stasimopus spinosus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Stasimopidae
Genus: Stasimopus
Species:
S. spinosus
Binomial name
Stasimopus spinosus
Hewitt, 1914[1]

Stasimopus spinosus is a species in the family Stasimopidae.[2] It is endemic to South Africa.[3]

Stasimopus spinosus is found in South Africa. The species occurs in the Eastern Cape province at Alice, Annshaw, Debe Neck, and Middledrift.[3]

Habitat and ecology

The species is a ground dweller that lives in silk-lined burrows closed with a cork-lid trapdoor. The species has been sampled from the Thicket biome at altitudes between 474-860 m above sea level.[3]

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