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Western Australian Museum Arachnology Collection

Atlas of Living Australia
Western Australian Museum (Associated with)
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The Arachnology section contains some 600,000 specimens, covering all arachnid and myriapod orders, as well as other miscellaneous groups such as pycnogonids, xiphosurans and tardigrades. Primary types of over 800 species are maintained, including part of the syntype material of the spiders described by Eugene Simon collected during the the Michaelsen-Hartmeyer Expedition to South-Western Australia. Requests for the loan of specimens by bona fide researchers are welcomed.

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ACN 633 798 857