Cryptaranea
Sign in to saveCryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyAraneidae
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Grouparachnida
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Cryptaranea is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by D. J. Court & Raymond Robert Forster in 1988.
==Species== it contains seven species, all found in New Zealand: Cryptaranea albolineata (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand Cryptaranea atrihastula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand Cryptaranea invisibilis (Urquhart, 1892) – New Zealand Cryptaranea stewartensis Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand Cryptaranea subalpina Court & Forster, 1988 – New Zealand Cryptaranea subcompta (Urquhart, 1887) – New Zealand Cryptaranea venustula (Urquhart, 1891) – New Zealand