Species Sphodros niger - Black purseweb spider

Classification

Black purseweb spider (Sphodros niger) - Sphodros niger

Black Purse Web Spider (Atypidae ?) - Sphodros niger

Is this Sphodros niger? - Sphodros niger

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)

Family Atypidae (Purseweb Spiders)

Genus Sphodros

Species niger (Black purseweb spider)

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 28 December, 2007 - 5:59pm

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