Kingdom Animalia Family Sparassidae Genus Sinopoda Order Spider | Class Arachnida Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Sinopoda, Laotian giant flying squirrel, Rhacophorus helenae, Phallostethus cuulong, Cambodian tailorbird | ||
Sinopoda scurion is the first eyeless huntsman spider to be discovered. It was discovered in 2012 in a Laotian cave. It has a leg span of about 6 centimetres (2.4 in) and a body span of about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). The ability of vision is absent in these huntsman spiders due to their prevalence in dark caves and it has no requirement of vision for hunting.
History
Sinopoda scurion was found by a scientist in a cave in Laos, around 100km away from the Xe Bang Fai cave.
The eyeless huntsman spider was named after the Swiss Company "Scurion" that makes headlamps for cavers.
References
Sinopoda scurion Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA