Orange-legged Barrow Island Holoplatys
Holoplatys
FP-295
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock (2007)
Fauna Portal species: 295
Holoplatys FP-295 male, dorsal (WAM T99475; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau
Fauna Portal Image No. 9756Diagnosis
Holoplatys FP-295 ist similar to Holoplatys FP-11668 due to the bright orange or yellow legs, but differs by the lack of white transverse bands on carapace and abdomen. In addition, in Holoplatys FP-11668, the first legs in males is black, but yellow In Holoplatys FP-295.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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