Dolomedes sulfureus explained

Dolomedes sulfureus is a species of spiders commonly known as fishing spiders belonging to the genus Dolomedes. They produce a venom that contains a group of neurotoxic peptides.^[1] The species is found in Russia, China, Korea, and Japan.^[2]

External links

• Taxonomy at UniProt
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Taxonomy at ZipcodeZoo
• Animal Diversity Web
• BOLDSYSTEMS
• Taxonomy at ITIS Report
• Comparative Toxicogenomics Database
• Taxon profile at BioLib

Notes and References

1. Wang H, Zhang F, Li D, Xu S, He J, Yu H, Li J, Liu Z, Liang S . 2013 . The venom of the fishing spider Dolomedes sulfurous contains various neurotoxins acting on voltage-activated ion channels in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons . Toxicon . 65 . 1 . 68–75 . 23391637 . 10.1016/j.toxicon.2013.01.014.
2. Web site: Dolomedes sulfureus L. Koch, 1878. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2 August 2017.