Biology:Molinaranea magellanica
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Short description: Species of spider
| Molinaranea magellanica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Molinaranea |
| Species: | M. magellanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847)[1]
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Molinaranea magellanica is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae) endemic to Chile , Argentina , the Juan Fernández Islands and the Falkland Islands.[1] It is also known as the Falklands green spider.[2][3] It is the largest endemic spider known to exist in the Falklands.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was first described in 1847 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer as Epeira magellanica. It has been described under a large number of synonyms in nine genera. Nine names used by Hercule Nicolet in 1849, including Epeira cinaberina, are now considered to be synonyms.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Taxon details Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), https://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/4821, retrieved 2021-01-08
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Invertebrates". Falkland Islands Tourist Board. http://www.falklandislands.com/contents/view/109. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
- ↑ Hince, Bernadette (2000). The Antarctic dictionary: a complete guide to Antarctic English. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-9577471-1-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=lJd8_owUxFEC&dq=Araneus+cinnabarinus&pg=PA158.
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