Funnel-web Spider

Funnel-web spider can refer to:

  • Araneomorph funnel-web spider, the modern funnel-web spider, suborder Araneomorph
  • Australian funnel-web spider, including
    • Sydney funnel-web spider
  • Funnel-web tarantula:
    • Dipluridae, suborder Mygalomorphae
    • Hexathelidae or Venomous funnel-web tarantula, suborder Mygalomorphae
    • Nemesiidae, suborder Mygalomorphae
    • Dwarf tarantula or Sheet funnel-web spider, type of spider from the family Mecicobothriidae

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    —Edward Taylor (1645–1729)