Biology:Cambridgea turbotti

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Short description: Species of spider

Cambridgea turbotti
Holotype of Cambridgea turbotti from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum
Invalid status (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Cambridgea
Species:
C. turbotti
Binomial name
Cambridgea turbotti
Forster & Wilton, 1973
Synonyms
  • Cambridgea grandis (Blest & Vink, 2000)
  • Nanocambridgea grandis (Blest & Vink, 2000)

Cambridgea turbotti is a species of spider in the family Desidae.[2] The species was first described by Ray Forster and Cecil Louis Wilton in 1973, and is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

The species was identified by Ray Forster and Cecil Louis Wilton in 1973, based on a specimen collected Evan Graham Turbott in 1946 from Manawatāwhi / Great Island.[3][4] Forster and Wilton named the species after Evan Graham Turbott.[5]

Description

C. turbotti has a reddish brown chelicerae, with a greyish brown abdomen, with an abdomen length of 5.0 mm (0.20 in).[3]

Distribution and habitat

The species is endemic to New Zealand, found in the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3422688 entry