Aname grandis is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.[1][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: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Aname |
| Species: | A. grandis
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Distribution and habitat edit
The species occurs in South Australia in low woodland habitats with sandy and loamy soils. Type localities include Pichi Richi and Woolshed Flat in the southern Flinders Ranges.[2]
Behaviour edit
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [144]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
- ^ a b c "Species Aname grandis Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-16.