Biology:Kwonkan goongarriensis
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Short description: Species of spider
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Kwonkan |
| Species: | K. goongarriensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kwonkan goongarriensis Main, 1983[1]
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Kwonkan goongarriensis is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia . It was described in 1983 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in southern Western Australia in heath and open scrub habitats. The type locality is Goongarrie, near Menzies, in the Goldfields region.[2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial predators that construct and shelter in cryptic burrows in plant litter.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Main, BY (1983). "Further studies on the systematics of Australian Dipluridae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): two new genera from south Western Australia". Journal of Natural History 17: 925–949 [926].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Kwonkan goongarriensis Main, 1983". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2c88d258-4287-44a5-97b1-cf3e918bd407.
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