Herennia sp, commonly known as the Australian Coin Spider (the genus is collectively known as Coin Spiders), in the family Nephilidae. The genus exhibits sexual dimorphism, the female being much larger than the male.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Araneidae
- Subfamily: Nephilinae
- Genus herennia
- Species: Herennia oz Kuntner, 2005
Footnote & References
- Herennia Thorell, 1877, Coin Spiders, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Herennia
- Coin Spiders (Genus Herennia), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/68402-Herennia
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