Giant Japanese funnel-web spider
| Giant Japanese funnel-web spider | |
|---|---|
| Female Macrothele gigas | |
| Male Macrothele gigas | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Macrothelidae |
| Genus: | Macrothele |
| Species: | M. gigas |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrothele gigas Shimojana & Haupt, 1998 | |
The Giant Japanese funnel-web spider, known formally as Macrothele gigas, is a species of funnel-web spider in the family Macrothelidae. It is one of the largest funnel-web spiders in the world, and is highly venomous.