''Clastes'' is a
monotypic genus of
huntsman spiders containing the single species, ''Clastes freycineti''. It was first described by
Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant and scientist.
Biography
Walckenaer was born in Paris and studied at the universities of University of Oxford, Oxford and University of Glasgow ...
in 1837,
and is found in
Papua New Guinea and on the
Moluccas.
See also
*
List of Sparassidae species
References
Monotypic Sparassidae genera
Spiders of Oceania
Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
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