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Thrixopelma pruriens, known as the Peruvian green velvet tarantula, [2] is a species of tarantula found in Chile and Perú in South America. [1] [3]Though docile, this species is rarely kept as a pet in part due to its tendency to fling urticating hairs with minimal provocation.
Protoxin-I, also known as ProTx-I, or Beta/omega-theraphotoxin-Tp1a, is a 35-amino-acid peptide neurotoxin extracted from the venom of the tarantula Thrixopelma pruriens. Protoxin-I belongs to the inhibitory cystine knot (ICK) family of peptide toxins, which have been known to potently inhibit voltage-gated ion channels.
Protoxin-II is a neurotoxin that is derived from the venom of the Peruvian green velvet tarantula (Thrixopelma pruriens). Chemistry ProTx-II is a 30-amino acid ...
Thrixopelma is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 1994. [2] They are medium to large tarantulas , usually being 35mm to 60mm in body length. [ 3 ]
Thrixopelma cyaneolum Schmidt, Friebolin & Friebolin, 2005 - Peru; Thrixopelma lagunas Schmidt & Rudloff, 2010 - Peru; Thrixopelma longicolli (Schmidt, 2003) - Ecuador, Peru; Thrixopelma nadineae Sherwood & Gabriel, 2022 - Ecuador; Thrixopelma ockerti Schmidt, 1994 - Peru; Thrixopelma peruvianum (Schmidt, 2007) - Peru; Thrixopelma pruriens ...
Thrixopelma ockerti, commonly known as the Peruvian Flame Rump or Flame Rump Tree Spider, is a species of tarantula and the type species of the genus Thrixopelma. It is endemic to Peru and was first described by Gunter Schmidt in 1994. [1] It is named ockerti after the collector Roland Ockert. [1]
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Onychophora / ɒ n ɪ ˈ k ɒ f ə r ə / (from Ancient Greek: ονυχής, onyches, "claws"; and φέρειν, pherein, "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus / p ə ˈ r ɪ p ə t ə s / (after the first described genus, Peripatus), is a phylum of elongate, soft-bodied, many-legged animals.