Cantuaria facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cantuaria |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Cantuaria Hogg, 1902 |
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Cantuaria is a group of spiders, also known as a genus. These spiders are found in the South Pacific region. They are a special type of spider called "armored trapdoor spiders." This means they build burrows with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. They also have tough bodies, like armor.
A scientist named Henry Roughton Hogg first described Cantuaria in 1902. For a while, from 1985 to 2006, this group was combined with another spider group called Misgolas. That group is now known as Arbanitis.
Spider Species in the Cantuaria Group
As of May 2019, there are forty-three known species of Cantuaria spiders. Most of these species live in New Zealand. Only one, Cantuaria mestoni, is found in Australia (specifically, Tasmania).
- Cantuaria abdita Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria allani Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria aperta Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria apica Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria assimilis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria borealis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria catlinensis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria cognata Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria collensis (Todd, 1945) – New Zealand
- Cantuaria delli Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria dendyi (Hogg, 1901) (type) – New Zealand
- Cantuaria depressa Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria dunedinensis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria gilliesi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1878) – New Zealand
- Cantuaria grandis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria huttoni (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – New Zealand
- Cantuaria insulana Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria isolata Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria johnsi Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria kakahuensis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria kakanuiensis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria lomasi Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria magna Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria marplesi (Todd, 1945) – New Zealand
- Cantuaria maxima Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria medialis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria mestoni (Hickman, 1928) – Australia (Tasmania)
- Cantuaria minor Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria myersi Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria napua Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria orepukiensis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria parrotti Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria pilama Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria prina Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria reducta Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria secunda Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria sinclairi Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria stephenensis Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria stewarti (Todd, 1945) – New Zealand
- Cantuaria sylvatica Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria toddae Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria vellosa Forster, 1968 – New Zealand
- Cantuaria wanganuiensis (Todd, 1945) – New Zealand
See also
In Spanish: Cantuaria para niños
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