Acanthoscurria gomesiana is a species of tarantula spider first identified in Brazil in 1923. It is known for producing the gomesin peptides, a class of proteins which have found to have anti-tumour and anti-microbial properties.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Acanthoscurria gomesiana being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pterinopelma longisternale
- Acanthoscurria cordubensis
- Aphonopelma crinirufum
- Acanthoscurria natalensis
- Acanthoscurria paulensis
- Harpactira atra
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theraphosidae
- Genus
- Acanthoscurria
- Species
- Acanthoscurria gomesiana
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