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Dunstanoides
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Dunstanoides
Forster & Wilton, 1989
Type species
D. hesperis
(Forster & Wilton, 1973)
Species

9, see text

Dunstanoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Norman I. Platnick in 1989.

Species

As of April 2019 it contains nine species, all found in New Zealand:

  • Dunstanoides angustiae (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides hesperis (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides hinawa (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides hova (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides kochi (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides mira (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides montana (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides nuntia (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
  • Dunstanoides salmoni (Forster & Wilton, 1973) – New Zealand

See also

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