Barahna is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Desidae (intertidal spiders) that was first described by V. T. Davies in 2003. The name is derived from baran-barahn, the Bundjalung word for "spider". Originally placed with the Stiphidiidae, it was moved to the Desidae after the results of a 2017 genetic study.
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Barahna is a genus of Australian spiders in the family Desidae (intertidal spiders) that was first described by V. T. Davies in 2003. The name is derived from baran-barahn, the Bundjalung word for "spider". Originally placed with the Stiphidiidae, it was moved to the Desidae after the results of a 2017 genetic study.
==Species== , it contained eight species, found in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland: Barahna booloumba Davies, 2003 (type) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) Barahna brooyar Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland) Barahna glenelg Davies, 2003 – Australia (Victoria) Barahna myall Davies, 2003 – Australia (New South Wales) Barahna scoria Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland) Barahna taroom Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland) Barahna toonumbar Davies, 2003 – Australia (New South Wales) Barahna yeppoon Davies, 2003 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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