Cytaea carolinensis
Appearance
Cytaea carolinensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Cytaea |
Species: | C. carolinensis
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Binomial name | |
Cytaea carolinensis Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1998
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Cytaea carolinensis is a species of jumping spiders.
Name
[edit]The species is named for the Caroline Islands, where it was collected.
Appearance
[edit]C. carolinensis is similar to C. ponapensis and C. rai. Males are 4–5 mm long, females 5.5–6.5 mm.
Distribution
[edit]C. carolinensis is known from Truk and the Palau group in the Caroline Islands.
References
[edit]- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
[edit]- Berry, J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF