Loading AI tools
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cantuaria huttoni is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Cantuaria huttoni | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Idiopidae |
Genus: | Cantuaria |
Species: | C. huttoni |
Binomial name | |
Cantuaria huttoni (Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) | |
Synonyms | |
Arbanitis huttonii |
This species was first described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge as Arbanitis huttonii.[2] It was transferred to the Cantuaria genus by Ray Forster 1968. Both sexes have been described.[1] The holotype is stored at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.[1]
The male has been recorded at 9.8mm in length. The carapace and legs are orange brown. The abdomen is cream coloured with chevrons dorsally. The female has been recorded at 12.5mm in length. The carapace and legs are reddish brown. The abdomen is cream with chevron patterns dorsally.[1]
Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Not Threatened.[3]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.