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Rorea

Rorea is a genus of intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973. As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand.

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Rorea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Rorea
Forster & Wilton, 19731
Type species
R. aucklandensis
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species

Rorea is a genus of intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.2 As of April 2019 it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand.1

References

References

  1. "Gen. Rorea Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.