Muritaia
Sign in to saveMuritaia is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.
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- Muritaia suba
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Muritaia is a genus of South Pacific tangled nest spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.
==Species== it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: Muritaia kaituna Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Muritaia longispinata Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Muritaia orientalis Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Muritaia parabusa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand Muritaia suba Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
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