| Value |
25
meters
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| Organism |
Bark spider Caerostris darwini |
| Reference |
Mammola S, Michalik P, Hebets EA, Isaia M. Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them. PeerJ. 2017 Oct 315:e3972. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3972 p.18 4th paragraphPubMed ID29104823
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| Primary Source |
Matjaž Kuntner & Ingi Agnarsson (2010). "Web gigantism in Darwin's bark spider, a new species from Madagascar (Araneidae: Caerostris)" The Journal of Arachnology (American Arachnological Society) 38: 346–356. link abstract AND Gregoricˇ M, Agnarsson I, Blackledge TA, Kuntner M. 2011. How did the spider cross the river? Behavioral adaptations for river-bridging webs in Caerostris darwini (Araneae: Araneidae). PLOS ONE 6(10):e26847 DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0026847 AND Guinness World Records (GWR). 2017. The Guinness World Records. Available at link guinnessworldrecords.com (accessed 4 October 2017) PubMed ID22046378
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| Comments |
P.18 4th paragraph: "Largest web (length)—25 m. The anchor lines of the web of Darwin’s bark spider, Caerostris darwini Kuntner & Agnarsson (Araneidae), are capable of bridging over 25 m, being the longest web among all spiders (primary sources)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
116184 |