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Phoneutria keyserlingi

Phoneutria keyserlingi

Classification

Order
Araneae
Family
Ctenidae

Phoneutria keyserlingi is a species of spiders in the family Ctenidae, found in Brazil. P. keyserlingi is venomous and should be treated with caution, studies on the other Phoneutria are scarce, however, a recent characterization of the venom of this species has shown that it contains neurotoxins similar to those isolated from Phoneutria nigriventer and that are active on the neuronal ion (Ca2+, Na+ and K+) channels and NMDA-type glutamate receptors.

Distribution

(c) Pedro Alvaro Neves, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 43