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Colcarteria

Colcarteria is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Michael R. Gray in 1992. As of May 2019 it contains only three species: C. carrai, C. kempseyi, and C. yessabah.

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Length
129 w
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Colcarteria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Colcarteria
Gray, 19921
Type species
C. carrai
Gray, 1992
Species
  • C. carrai Gray, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • C. kempseyi Gray, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales)
  • C. yessabah Gray, 1992 – Australia (New South Wales)

Colcarteria is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders that was first described by Michael R. Gray in 1992.2 As of May 2019 it contains only three species: C. carrai, C. kempseyi, and C. yessabah.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Colcarteria Gray, 1992". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. Gray, M. R. (1992). "New desid spiders (Araneae: Desidae) from New Caledonia and eastern Australia". Records of the Australian Museum. 44 (3): 253–262. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.44.1992.34.