Species Grammostola rosea (a.k.a. Grammostola cala)

[The Spider House]

AF Grammostola rosea (RCF)

Note: referenced the RCF rosea in my post on the Grammostola sp. Maule so have included a typical example of one of my rosea reds for reference below

 

[kh26]

Beauty!

 

[The Spider House]

Beauty!

Thank you

 

[LucN]

Gorgeous

 

[The Spider House]

Gorgeous

Thank you.

So just curious....I have never seen "cala" used to describe the RCF rosea but my post has been moved to this title by the mods.

Can anyone tell me when this classification came into effect please?

 

[Ungoliant]

So just curious....I have never seen "cala" used to describe the RCF rosea but my post has been moved to this title by the mods.

Can anyone tell me when this classification came into effect please?

According to the World Spider Catalog, it's a junior synonym of Grammostola rosea. (I've been including junior synonyms used since 2000.)

For species appreciation threads, variations of the same species belong in one thread.

 

[The Spider House]

According to the World Spider Catalog, it's a junior synonym of Grammostola rosea. (I've been including junior synonyms used since 2000.)

For species appreciation threads, variations of the same species belong in one thread.

Thanks for the insight.

 

[Ungoliant]

Thanks for the insight.

No problem. Thanks for contributing to species threads. (You're the first to start threads for several species.)

 

[The Spider House]

No problem. Thanks for contributing to species threads. (You're the first to start threads for several species.)

Albeit in the wrong section....ha ha
My pleasure.
To help me out I have looked at the world spider catalogue for the rosea and its clear as mud to find "cala"
I did a search and it came up but when you go to the link, u less I read every pdf in there, I can't immediately see "calla".
You must have an encyclopedic brain!
This is that I was looking at

NMBE - World Spider Catalog

Detailed taxonomic information about the spider families

wsc.nmbe.ch

Thanks again for your help.

 

[Ungoliant]

Albeit in the wrong section....ha ha
My pleasure.
To help me out I have looked at the world spider catalogue for the rosea and its clear as mud to find "cala"
I did a search and it came up but when you go to the link, u less I read every pdf in there, I can't immediately see "calla".
You must have an encyclopedic brain!
This is that I was looking at

NMBE - World Spider Catalog

Detailed taxonomic information about the spider families

wsc.nmbe.ch

Thanks again for your help.

What I'm looking at is the species page for Grammostola rosea. At the top, there is a list of "taxonomic references" sorted by date. (They link to papers, but you don't have to read the papers to see the synonyms.)

 

[The Spider House]

What I'm looking at is the species page for Grammostola rosea. At the top, there is a list of "taxonomic references" sorted by date. (They link to papers, but you don't have to read the papers to see the synonyms.)

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I will try to get that view on my phone. Thanks. Really helpful

 

[LucN]

Here's an interesting historical tidbit : According to de Vosjoli (1991), G. porteri was then referred to as G. gala, G. rosea was then referred as G. spatulata. I still look at the G. spatulata on page 46 and it evokes a strong feeling of nostalgia. The picture made it look so exotic, never in my mind could I have imagined it would have been the most widely available T for almost 30 years.