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Hysterocrates crassipes

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Hysterocrates crassipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Hysterocrates
Species:
H. crassipes
Binomial name
Hysterocrates crassipes
Pocock, 1897[1]

Hysterocrates crassipes is a species of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas) found in Cameroon, Africa.[1]

It is a burrowing species, often sold by pet stores under the name Hysterocrates gigas. Although these tarantulas both come from Cameroon, Hysterocrates crassipes does not turn red before molting, and has an enlarged tibia on leg pair IV into adulthood, whereas H. gigas does not keep these "enlarged" (thick) tibia. Also, H. crassipes do not get as large as H. gigas.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ a b c "Taxon details Hysterocrates crassipes Pocock, 1897", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-26
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