Biology:Akatorea

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Akatorea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Akatorea
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
A. gracilis
(Marples, 1959)
Species
  • A. gracilis (Marples, 1959) – New Zealand
  • Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand A. otagoensis

Akatorea is a genus of South Pacific 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]

Species

  • Akatorea gracilis Marples, 1959
  • Akatorea otagoensis Forster & Wilton, 1973

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Akatorea Forster & Wilton, 1973". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/130. 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2355844 entry