Martensikara is a monotypic genus of east African huntsman spiders containing the single species, Martensikara jocheni. It was first described by Peter Jäger in 2021,[2] and it has only been found in Madagascar.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Martensikara Jäger, 2021[1] |
| Species: | M. jocheni
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| Binomial name | |
| Martensikara jocheni | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Martensikara Jäger, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-01.
- ^ Jäger, P. (2021). "Two new enigmatic genera of huntsman spiders from Madagascar (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 4984 (1): 335–346. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4984.1.24. S2CID 235686062.