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Female, adult. Gravid. Could see the eggs through ventral abdomen.
Body: Glossy orange carapace with light edges and ridges going to centre. Cephalic region raised. Dark chelicera. Abdomen long oval and bulbous, pinkish-grey, smooth skin with fine white setae. Thick dark grey line down dorsal centre from anterior to half-way, marking branches out in shoulder area down sides. Sternum dark orange with 3 humps beside coxae 1-3. Ventral abdomen semi-transluscent, showing white eggs, grey tone with dark grey line down centre to spinnerets. 4 dull white book lungs. Spinnerets pale orange.
Legs: Thick short legs, orange with dark tarsus, covered in whitish setae and sparse dark hairs on patella of legs 3 and 4. Long pedipalps, same colour as legs.
Eyes: Eyes grouped together anterior centre of cephalic region, posterior eyes procurved and two eyes in front centre of them.
Length: 21mm body length. |
