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''Scytodes kumonga'' is a species of spider in the
Scytodidae Spitting spiders are a family of araneomorph spiders, the family Scytodidae, first described by John Blackwall in 1864. It contains over 250 species in five genera, of which ''Scytodes'' is the best-known. Description Scytodidae spiders are haplo ...
family native to
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. It was described in 2020. The specific name ''kumonga'' refers to the spider
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Kumonga is a 1967 Japanese ''kaiju'' film directed by Jun Fukuda, with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa, under the supervision of Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd, it is the eighth film in the ''Godzilla'' franchise. It s ...
, a recurring monster in the ''
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'' franchise by
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which can spit silk in a similar manner to spitting spiders to ensnare opponents, whose name in turn is derived from the Japanese word for 'spider', . Kumonga's binomial name in ''
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'', ''Kumonga scytodes'', pays homage to this species.


See also

* ''
Agroeca angirasu ''Agroeca'' is a genus of liocranid sac spiders that was first described by Niklas Westring in 1861. Species it contains thirty-five species, found in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Colombia, and Peru: *''Agroeca agrestis'' Ponomarev, 200 ...
'', a species of sac spider named after the kaiju
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also native to Iran, classified in 2021 * '' Ramisyllis kingghidorahi'', a species of
Polychaete Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine Annelid, annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called c ...
native to the
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named after the kaiju
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, classified in 2022


References

Scytodidae Spiders described in 2020 Endemic fauna of Iran Spiders of Iran {{araneomorphae-stub