| Coremiocnemis valida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Coremiocnemis |
| Species: | C. valida
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| Binomial name | |
| Coremiocnemis valida Pocock, 1895[1]: 616
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Coremiocnemis valida (also known as Coremiocnemis validus)[2]: 56 , commonly known as the Singapore tarantula, is a species of tarantula found in tropical forests in Southeast Asia.[3]: 208 It is known to create burrows underground.[2]: 59–60
Covalitoxin-II was originally isolated from C. valida.[3]: 218
References
[edit]- ^ West, Richard C. (1 June 1991), "A new theraphosid spider from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia", Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 30 (3): 615–619
- ^ a b c West, Rick C.; Nunn, Steven C. (3 May 2010), "A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Coremiocnemis Simon 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with further notes on the Selenocosmiinae", Zootaxa, 2443 (1), Magnolia Press: 1–64, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2443.1.1, ISSN 1175-5334
- ^ a b Balaji, R. Ashok; Sasaki, Toru; Gopalakrishnakone, P.; Sato, Kazuki; Kini, R. Manjunatha; Bay, Boon-Huat (2 June 2000), "Purification, structure determination and synthesis of covalitoxin-II, a short insect-specific neurotoxic peptide from the venom of the Coremiocnemis validus (Singapore tarantula)", FEBS Letters, 474 (2–3), Wiley: 208–212, Bibcode:2000FEBSL.474..208B, doi:10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01593-3, ISSN 1873-3468, PMID 10838086, archived from the original on 17 October 2023
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