Progradungula facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Progradungula |
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| P. otwayensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gradungulidae |
| Genus: | Progradungula Forster & Gray, 1979 |
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| P. carraiensis Forster & Gray, 1979
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Progradungula is a genus of Australian large-clawed spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster & Michael R. Gray in 1979. As of May 2019[update] it contains only two species: P. carraiensis and P. otwayensis.
The name is derived from Latin pro ("before"), and the genus name Gradungula, referring to the ancient ancestry of the genus. It is the first discovered web-building cribellate spider in a "primitive" araneomorph spider family and helped establish the idea that all araneomorph spiders evolved from cribellate ancestors.
See also
In Spanish: Progradungula para niños
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