Muritaia facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Muritaia |
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Muritaia longispinata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Amaurobiidae |
Genus: | Muritaia Forster & Wilton, 1973 |
Type species | |
M. suba Forster & Wilton, 1973
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Species | |
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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
As of April 2019[update] 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
See also
In Spanish: Muritaia para niños
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