Anapidae
Sign in to saveAnapidae is a family of rather small spiders with 233 described extant species in 59 genera. It includes the former family Micropholcommatidae as the subfamily Micropholcommatinae, and the former family Holarchaeidae. Most species are less than long.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAnapidae
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Anapidae is a family of rather small spiders with 233 described extant species in 59 genera. It includes the former family Micropholcommatidae as the subfamily Micropholcommatinae, and the former family Holarchaeidae. Most species are less than long.
They generally live in leaf litter and moss on the floor of rain forest. Many build orb webs with a diameter less than . In some species, such as Pseudanapis parocula, the pedipalps of the female are reduced to coxal stumps.