Family Ctenizidae Scientific name Stasimopus mandelai Rank Species | Genus Stasimopus Order Spider | |
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Stasimopus mandelai is a species of ctenizid trapdoor spider (family Ctenizidae) from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This species occurs syntopically with S. schoenlandi and a number of other mygalomorph spiders at the Great Fish River Nature Reserve. The species was named in 2004 by zoologists Brent Hendrixson and Jason Bond "honoring Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa and one of the great moral leaders of our time."
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