Scytodes kumonga
| Scytodes kumonga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Scytodidae |
| Genus: | Scytodes |
| Species: | S. kumonga
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| Binomial name | |
| Scytodes kumonga Zamani & Marusik, 2020[1]
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Scytodes kumonga is a species of spider in the Scytodidae family native to Iran. It was described in 2020.[1][2] The specific name kumonga refers to the spider kaiju Kumonga, a recurring monster in the Godzilla franchise by Toho that behaved similarly to a spitting spider, whose name in turn is derived from the Japanese word for 'spider', kumo (クモ).[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Taxon details Scytodes kumonga Zamani & Marusik, 2020", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-02-01
- ^ "New species of Filistatidae, Palpimanidae and Scytodidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from southern Iran". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
- ^ "Kumonga | Wikizilla, the kaiju encyclopedia". wikizilla.org. Retrieved 2021-01-31.
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