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Lion Spiders
Damastes
Damastes is a genus of huntsman spiders native to Madagascar, Mozambique, and Seychelles. It is classified under the family Sparassidae, though its subfamilial classification remains unclear. It contains the following species:
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Lion Spider
speciesDamastes leo
Damastes validus
speciesDamastes validus
Damastes nigrichelis
speciesDamastes nigrichelis
Damastes atrignathus
speciesDamastes atrignathus
Damastes coquereli
speciesDamastes coquereli
Damastes decoratus
speciesDamastes decoratus
Damastes fasciolatus
speciesDamastes fasciolatus
Damastes flavomaculatus
speciesDamastes flavomaculatus
Damastes grandidieri
speciesDamastes grandidieri
Damastes majungensis
speciesDamastes majungensis
Damastes malagassus
speciesDamastes malagassus
Damastes malagasus
speciesDamastes malagasus
Damastes masculinus
speciesDamastes masculinus
Damastes nossibeensis
speciesDamastes nossibeensis
Damastes oswaldi
speciesDamastes oswaldi
Damastes pallidus
speciesDamastes pallidus
Damastes sikoranus
speciesDamastes sikoranus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 338801.