Trichonephila edulis
Trichonephila edulis | |
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Female Trichonephila edulis, Perth, Western Australia.[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Nephilidae |
Genus: | Trichonephila |
Species: | T. edulis
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Binomial name | |
Trichonephila edulis (Labillardière, 1799)[3]
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Synonyms | |
Aranea edulis (basionym) |
Trichonephila edulis is a species of large spider of the family Nephilidae, formerly placed in the genus Nephila. It is referred to by the common name Australian golden orb weaver.[4] It is found in Indonesia from Java eastwards, Papua New Guinea, Australia, northern New Zealand, and New Caledonia.[2]
It has a large body size variability, females can reach a body length of up to 40 millimetres, males about 7 mm. The cephalothorax is black with a white pattern on the back, and a yellow underside; the abdomen is grey to brown.
The web is about 1 metre in diameter and protected on one or both sides by a strong "barrier" web. T. edulis breeds from February to May, and produces an average of 380 eggs.
According to the phylogeny tree of Nephilidae, T. edulis is closely related to its congener Trichonephila plumipes (tiger spider) which is also commonly found in Australia.[5]
Name
The species was first collected and named by
The species name edulis means "edible" in Latin.
As food
Trichonephilia edulis is an
References
- ^ Golden orb weavers Ed Nieuwenhuys, Ronald Loggen 1997, 2002, Jurgen Otto 2005. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
- ^ . Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Taxon details Trichonephila edulis (Labillardiere, 1799)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
- ^ arachne.org.au http://www.arachne.org.au
- PMID 30517732
- ^ Labillardière, J. 1799. Relation du voyage à la recherche de La Pérouse, fait par ordre de l'Assemblée constituante. Paris Vol. 2 pp. 240-241
- ^ Davies, Valerie Todd; et al. (30 Mar 2006). "Order Araneae: Spiders". Australian Faunal Directory. Government of Australia. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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Further reading
- Uhl, G. & Vollrath, F (2000). Extreme body size variability in the golden silk spider (Nephila edulis) does not extend to genitalia. J. Zool. Lond. 251:7-14 PDF
- Vollrath, Fritz; Madsen, Bo & Shao, Zhengzhong (2001). "The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 268 (1483): 2339–2346. PMC 1088885.