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Sydney Funnel-web Spider

Arachnids

The Sydney funnel-web spider is a species of venomous mygalomorph spider native to eastern Australia, usually found within a 100 kilometre radius of Sydney, and a member of the group known as Australian funnel-web spiders. Its bite is capable of causing serious illness or death in humans if left untreated, and its body ranges from 1 to 5 centimetres long, glossy and darkly coloured from blue-black to black to shades of brown or dark plum.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Carnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Venomous or Dangerous to Humans 2
Scientific Name
Atrax robustus 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 3
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Medium to large, body length 1 to 5 cm 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Araneae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Sydney Funnel-web Spider
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Found In

New South Wales

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Sydney funnel-web spider, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    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.
  • Description
    The Sydney funnel-web is medium to large in size, with body length ranging from 1 to 5 cm (0.4 to 2 in).
  • native to eastern Australia land habitat
  • Article text
    When potential prey, which includes insects (such as beetles and cockroaches) and their larvae, land snails, millipedes, lizards or frogs, walks across the trip-lines, they rush out, subduing their prey by injecting their venom.
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2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Atrax robustus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Negative: "Sydney funnel-web spiders are very aggressive an"
    Sydney funnel-web spiders are very aggressive and will attack. They are known to have killed at least 15 people.
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3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category): IUCN Red List category of Atrax robustus
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (IUCN Red List category)iucnRedListCategory record
Quote, iucnRedListCategory record
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Sydney Funnel-web Spider
  • Wikidata Q4661821, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Child Taxon Of: Araneae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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