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Tanganoides

Tanganoides is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 2005.

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Tanganoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Tanganoides
Davies, 20051
Type species
T. greeni
(Davies, 2003)
Species

6, see text

Tanganoides is a genus of Australian intertidal spiders first described by V. T. Davies in 2005.2

Species

As of April 2019 it contains six species:1

  • Tanganoides acutus (Davies, 2003) – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides clarkei (Davies, 2003) – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides collinus (Davies, 2003) – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides greeni (Davies, 2003) – Australia (Tasmania)
  • Tanganoides harveyi (Davies, 2003) – Australia (Victoria)
  • Tanganoides mcpartlan (Davies, 2003) – Australia (Tasmania)
References

References

  1. "Gen. Tanganoides Davies, 2005". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. Davies, V. T. (2005). "Teeatta, a new spider genus from Tasmania, Australia (Amaurobioidea: Amphinectidae: Tasmarubriinae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 50: 195–199.