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title: "Grand Canyon Black Tarantula"
description: "Aphonopelma marxi — Insetos e aranhas. Aphonopelma marxi is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/grand-canyon-black-tarantula
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grand Canyon Black Tarantula

> Aphonopelma marxi — Insetos e aranhas. Aphonopelma marxi is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah).

- Scientific name: *Aphonopelma marxi*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 1330
- Wikidata: [Q1997335](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1997335)
- iNaturalist taxon: [492144](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/492144)

## Names

- en: Grand Canyon Black Tarantula
- es: Tarántula negra del Gran Cañón

## Countries with the most observations

US (860)

## Summary

Aphonopelma marxi is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah). Aphonopelma behlei and A. vogelae, at one time considered separate species, are now considered to be synonyms.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphonopelma_marxi

## Photo

![Grand Canyon Black Tarantula](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grand-canyon-black-tarantula/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246405668

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grand-canyon-black-tarantula?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).