Dolomedes sulfureus

Dolomedes sulfureus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Opisthothelae
Family: Pisauridae
Genus: Dolomedes
Species: D. sulfureus
Binomial name
Dolomedes sulfureus
L. Koch, 1878

Dolomedes sulfureus is a species of venomous spiders commonly known as fishing spiders belonging to a family of Dolomedes. They produce a venom that contains a group of neurotoxic peptides.[1]

References

  1. Wang H, Zhang F, Li D, Xu S, He J, Yu H, Li J, Liu Z, Liang S (2013). "The venom of the fishing spider Dolomedes sulfurous contains various neurotoxins acting on voltage-activated ion channels in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons". Toxicon. 65 (1): 68–75. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.01.014. PMID 23391637.

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