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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.

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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Barahna, and connects out to Animalia, Araneae and New South Wales.

Vinony files it under Desidae genera, Spiders of Australia and Taxa named by Valerie Todd Davies.

Vinony links it to 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyDesidae

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Specimen records
125
Family
Desidae
Collections
QM, AM
Recorded in
Australia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Stiphidiidae
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endemic to
Australia
taxon name
Barahna
taxon rank
genus
taxon author citation
Davies, 2003
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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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