Sidymella facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Sidymella |
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| A young Sidymella rubrosignata spider on a bromeliad plant in Chatswood West, Australia. | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Sidymella Strand, 1942 |
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Sidymella is a group of fascinating spiders. They belong to the family called Thomisidae, also known as crab spiders. You can find these spiders in different parts of the world, including South America, Australia, and New Zealand.
These spiders were first given the name Sidyma. However, scientists later found that this name was already being used for a type of moth. So, the spider group was renamed Sidymella.
How Spiders Get Their Names
Scientists use a system called taxonomy to name and group all living things. This helps them organize and understand the natural world. In 1895, a scientist named Eugène Simon first described this group of spiders. He called them Sidyma.
But there was a problem! Another scientist had already used the name Sidyma in 1856 for a group of moths. When a name is already taken, it's called "preoccupied." To fix this, in 1942, another scientist named Strand gave the spiders a new, unique name: Sidymella.
Different Types of Sidymella Spiders
Within the Sidymella group, there are many different kinds of spiders. Each kind is called a species. As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog recognized many species of Sidymella spiders. They are found in various locations around the world.
Here are some of the known species:
- Sidymella angularis – Found in New Zealand
- Sidymella angulata – Found in New Zealand
- Sidymella benhami – Found in New Zealand and Stewart Island
- Sidymella bicuspidata – Found in Queensland, Australia
- Sidymella hirsuta – Found in Queensland, Australia
- Sidymella jordanensis – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella kochi – Found in Western Australia
- Sidymella kolpogaster – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella lampei – Found in Victoria, Australia
- Sidymella lobata – Found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia
- Sidymella longipes – Found in Queensland, Australia
- Sidymella longispina – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella lucida – Found from Colombia to Argentina (This is the main example species for the group)
- Sidymella multispinulosa – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella nigripes – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella obscura – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella parallela – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella rubrosignata – Found in New South Wales, Australia
- Sidymella sigillata – Found in Uruguay
- Sidymella spinifera – Found in Brazil
- Sidymella trapezia – Found across Australia
