Annandaliella | |
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Annandaliella travancorica | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Subfamily: | Selenogyrinae |
Genus: | Annandaliella Hirst, 1909[1] |
Type species | |
A. travancorica Hirst, 1909
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Species | |
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Annandaliella is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by A. S. Hirst in 1909.[2] As of December 2019[update] it contains three species endemic to India: A. ernakulamensis, A. pectinifera, and A. travancorica.[1] They are selenogyrid tarantulas, meaning they have a stridulating organ on the inner side of the chelicerae.[3]
They can be distinguished from other genera by the row of spines found in the inner side of the celicerae found in males, used for stridulation. Their feet of leg 1 is slender, and the division of their tarsal scopula is practically obsolete in males.[3]