Brachionopus
Sign in to saveBrachionopus is a genus of South African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. It was transferred to the Theraphosidae from the Barychelidae in 1985.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Brachionopus, and connects out to Theraphosidae, South Africa and Animalia.
Vinony files it under Endemic spiders of South Africa, Taxa named by Reginald Innes Pocock and Theraphosidae.
Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 69
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Collections
- MCZ, ARC-PPRI
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Southern Africa
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Theraphosidae
- Image
- Brachionopus robustus 100645838.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- endemic to
- South Africa
- taxon name
- Brachionopus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Brachionopus
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Encyclopedic overview
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Brachionopus is a genus of South African tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1897. It was transferred to the Theraphosidae from the Barychelidae in 1985.
All described species are endemic to South Africa.
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