Cymbiapophysa marimbai is a tarantula in the genus Cymbiapophysa, first described in 2018. This tarantula is found in Colombia, in the Reserva Natural Biotopo Selva Humeda.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Cymbiapophysa |
| Species: | C. marimbai
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| Binomial name | |
| Cymbiapophysa marimbai (Perafán & Valencia-Cuéllar, 2018)
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Description
editThe cephalothorax and legs brown with black hairs, abdomen brown with reddish large hairs and a darker distal patch of urticating hairs. The carapace is covered by short black hairs and it has short reddish hairs pointing out. The legs are covered by long scattered hairs and short reddish hairs.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Cymbiapophysa marimbai". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ a b Perafán, Carlos; Valencia-Cuéllar, Dayana (22 June 2018). "Proshapalopus marimbai, a new tarantula species (Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae) and first genus record from Colombia". Journal of Natural History. 31 (4): 200–213. Bibcode:2018TrZoo..31..200P. doi:10.1080/03946975.2018.1493181. S2CID 92802562. Retrieved 2 May 2022.