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Plesiopelma
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Plesiopelma

Plesiopelma is a genus of spiders in the Theraphosidae family. It was first described in 1901 by Pocock. As of 2017, it contains 11 South American species.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Plesiopelma longisternale

speciesPlesiopelma longisternale

Plesiopelma arevaloae

speciesPlesiopelma arevaloae

Plesiopelma myodes

speciesPlesiopelma myodes

Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum

speciesPlesiopelma semiaurantiacum

Plesiopelma gertschi

speciesPlesiopelma gertschi

Plesiopelma aspidosperma

speciesPlesiopelma aspidosperma

Plesiopelma paganoi

speciesPlesiopelma paganoi

Plesiopelma imperatrix

speciesPlesiopelma imperatrix

Plesiopelma insulare

speciesPlesiopelma insulare

Plesiopelma minense

speciesPlesiopelma minense

Plesiopelma physopus

speciesPlesiopelma physopus

Plesiopelma rectimanum

speciesPlesiopelma rectimanum

Plesiopelma manni

speciesPlesiopelma manni

Plesiopelma absconditum

speciesPlesiopelma absconditum

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Recorded sightings

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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 421535.