The six-eyed sand spider, genus Hexophthalma, is a group of spiders found in the arid deserts of southern Africa, named for its unusual arrangement of six eyes in three widely spaced pairs. It spends most of its time buried and motionless just beneath the sand surface, ambushing passing prey, and its venom is considered among the most dangerous of any spider, containing tissue-destroying compounds similar to those of its relative the brown recluse, though bites on humans are exceptionally rare given how reclusive and remote the species is.
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Comparison
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Araneae, Taxa Source Wikidata: Six-eyed Sand Spider
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1. Wikipedia: Hexophthalma
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexophthalma
"southern African genus of spiders...six-eyed sand spiders" (realm terrestrial, arid sand-dwelling)
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Species in the genus have dermonecrotic venom, and can potentially cause serious or even life-threatening wounds.
View the Source 2. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Arachnida
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 27Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 27
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3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Hexophthalma
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Hexophthalma"
Wikidata: Six-eyed Sand Spider
- Wikidata Q29042843, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Araneae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the SourceUNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araneae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 82Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 82
"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Arthropoda","class":"Arachnida","order":"Araneae","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"蛛形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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