New tarantula species discovered in Northern Territory
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Adelaide University PhD student, Sophie Harrison has made an exciting new discovery of a previously unrecorded species of tarantula in the Northern Territory's Judbarra/Gregory National Park. She said the tarantula 'is so different they'll make a new genus for it.'
Sophie is part of the SPECIES discovery program Bush Blitz, that has recently uncovered seven new spider species believed to be completely new to science.
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[/caption]Adelaide University PhD student, Sophie Harrison has made an exciting new discovery of a previously unrecorded species of tarantula in the Northern Territory's Judbarra/Gregory National Park. She said the tarantula 'is so different they'll make a new genus for it.'
Sophie is part of the SPECIES discovery program Bush Blitz, that has recently uncovered seven new spider species believed to be completely new to science.
Read the full article.
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