Ornithoctonus hainana

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Ornithoctonus hainana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Ornithoctoninae
Genus: Ornithoctonus
Species: O. hainana
Binomial name
Ornithoctonus hainana
Liang et al., 1999
Synonyms

Selenocosmia hainana Liang et al., 1999
Ornithoctonus hainanum Liang et al., 1999

Ornithoctonus hainana, commonly known as Chinese bird spider, is a species of venomous tarantulas belonging to a family of Theraphosidae. They produce a venom that contains a group of neurotoxic peptides called hainantoxins.[1]

References

  1. Tang, Xing; Zhang, Yongqun; Hu, Weijun; Xu, Dehong; Tao, Huai; Yang, Xiaoxu; Li, Yan; Jiang, Liping et al. (2010). "Molecular Diversification of Peptide Toxins from the TarantulaHaplopelma hainanum(Ornithoctonus hainana) Venom Based on Transcriptomic, Peptidomic, and Genomic Analyses". Journal of Proteome Research 9 (5): 2550–64. doi:10.1021/pr1000016. PMID 20192277. 

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