Heteropoda davidbowie
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Heteropoda davidbowie is a species of spider of the Heteropoda
Heteropoda
The Heteropoda are a pantropical genus of spiders. There are hundreds of member species.-Species:Heteropoda acuta - Davies, 1994HHeteropoda amphora - Fox, 1936 Heteropoda dagmarae - Jäger & Vedel, 2005...

genus. It was discovered in Malaysia by Peter Jäger and named after singer David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...

to raise awareness of his discoveries and that many of these species are endangered. The spider is described as being large, yellow and hairy.
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