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Spider embryo from Matthias Pechmann, "Embryonic development and secondary axis induction in the Brazilian white knee tarantula Acanthoscurria geniculata", Dev Genes Evol 230, 75–94 (2020) doi.org/10.1007/s00427-020-006… 
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Embryonic development and secondary axis induction in the Brazilian white knee tarantula Acanthoscurria geniculata, C. L. Koch, 1841 (Araneae; Mygalomorphae; Theraphosidae) - Development Genes and Evolution
Tarantulas represent some of the heaviest and most famous spiders. However, there is little information about the embryonic development of these spiders or their relatives (infraorder Mygalomorphae) and time-lapse recording of the embryonic developme…SpringerLink
