Amaurobioides
Sign in to saveAmaurobioides is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAnyphaenidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Anyphaenidae
- Collections
- ARC-PPRI, SAM, AM, QM, SAMA
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Anyphaenidae
- Image
- Amaurobioides africana 1.jpg
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- taxon name
- Amaurobioides
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Amaurobioides
- taxon author citation
- O.P.-Cambridge, 1883
- taxonomic type
- Amaurobioides maritima
- Commons category
- Amaurobioides
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Amaurobioides is a genus of anyphaenid sac spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1883.
==Distribution== The genus Amaurobioides shows a remarkable disjunct distribution across the Southern Hemisphere, with species found along the rocky coastlines of South Africa, Namibia, Madagascar, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, and Chile.
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