Anelosimus nelsoni
Anelosimus nelsoni is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae. It is only known from iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is named for Nelson Mandela. The male holotype specimen is 2.08 millimetres (0.082 in) in length, and the female paratype is 2.60 millimetres (0.102 in) in length. Both the holotype and paratype were found on Fanies Island, 5 km south of Cape Vidal. Both were collected from bushes or trees in an open forest patch.[1]
| Anelosimus nelsoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Anelosimus |
| Species: | A. nelsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Anelosimus nelsoni I. Agnarsson, 2006 | |
See also
- Stasimopus mandelai, another spider named after Nelson Mandela
- List of organisms named after famous people (born 1900–1949)
References
- Agnarsson, Ingi; Zhang, Jun-Xia (2006). "New species of Anelosimus (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Africa and Southeast Asia, with notes on sociality and color polymorphism" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1147: 1–34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1147.1.1. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
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