Holconia immanis
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Holconia immanis, commonly known as the Sydney huntsman spider and giant banded huntsman,[citation needed] is a species of huntsman spider found in eastern Australia.
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Holconia immanis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Sparassidae |
Genus: | Holconia |
Species: | H. immanis |
Binomial name | |
Holconia immanis L. Koch, 1867 | |
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It was previously known as Isopeda immanis for many years. It is one of the largest species of huntsman in Australia and can have a body length of 4.5 cm and outstretched legs can measure 16 cm across.[2]
The Sydney huntsman was described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1867 as Delena immanis,[1] the specimen collected in Brisbane.[3]
British amateur arachnologist Henry Roughton Hogg placed it in the genus Isopeda.[4]