"Bird-eating spider" redirects here. The term may also refer to eastern tarantula, some other members of the genus Theraphosa, and several species within the genus Avicularia.
Goliath birdeater
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Infraorder:
Mygalomorphae
Family:
Theraphosidae
Genus:
Theraphosa
Species:
T. blondi
Binomial name
Theraphosa blondi
(Latreille, 1804)
Synonyms
T. blondii
T. leblondii
The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass (175 g (6.2 oz)) and body length (up to 13 cm (5.1 in)), and second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span.[1] It is also called the Goliath tarantula or Goliath bird-eating spider;[2] the practice of calling theraphosids "bird-eating" derives from an early 18th-century copper engraving by Maria Sibylla Merian that shows one eating a hummingbird. Despite the spider's name, it rarely preys on birds.[3][2]
^World's biggest spider face-off - see which bug wins here Archived October 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
^ ab"Tarántula Goliat: La araña más grande del mundo". Infoterio Noticias | Ciencia y Tecnología (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
^Herzig, Volker; King, Glenn F. (2013). "The Neurotoxic Mode of Action of Venoms from the Spider Family Theraphosidae". In Nentwig, Wolfgang (ed.). Spider Ecophysiology. Springer. p. 203. ISBN 978-3-642-33989-9.
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