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References
- ↑ Hirst, David B. (1992). "Revision of the Genus Isopeda Koch (Heteropodidae : Araneae) in Australia". Invertebrate Taxonomy. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. 6 (2): 337–87. doi:10.1071/IT9920337. ISSN 1445-5226. OCLC 50150601.
- ↑ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide (2012). "Clinical Toxinology Short Course 2012" (PDF). Adelaide, Australia: University of Adelaide. p. 2. Retrieved 12 April 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Platnick, Norman I. (10 December 2011). "Fam. Sparassidae" (PDF). The World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5. New York, NY, USA: American Museum of Natural History. doi:10.5531/db.iz.0001 . Retrieved 12 April 2012.
- ↑ Hirst, David B.; Waldock, Julianne M.; Bennett, Shaun J.; Hall, Grace (September 2006). Framenau, Volker (ed.). "The Huntsman Spiders (Sparassidae) of New Zealand" (PDF). Australasian Arachnology. Australia: Australasian Arachnological Society (75): 11–13. ISSN 0811-3696. OCLC 24764624 . Retrieved 9 July 2012.
- ↑ "NMBE - World Spider Catalog". wsc.nmbe.ch. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ↑ Hirst, David (June 2003). "Australasian Arachnology". Australasian Arachnology. 67: 7.
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