Biology:Tartarus murdochensis
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Short description: Species of spider
| Tartarus murdochensis | |
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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: | Stiphidiidae |
| Genus: | Tartarus |
| Species: | T. murdochensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tartarus murdochensis Gray, 1922
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| Holotype site (AM KS18430 ♀): Phyllistine Flattener Cave (6N194), Hampton Tableland, Nullarbor Plain, WA[1] | |
Tartarus murdochensis is a cave spider from Western Australia, in the family Stiphidiidae.[2][3] The spider was first described in 1992 by Mike Gray.[3]
Name
The species epithet, murdochensis, refers to its being found in the Murdoch Sink, a submerged cave system in the Nullarbor Plain of Western and Southern Australia.[3]
Conservation status
In Western Australia, the species is listed as vulnerable.[4][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Occurrence Detail 1100101991 (Holotype of Tartarus murdochensis" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1100101991.
- ↑ "Species Tartarus murdochensis Gray, 1992". Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Tartarus_murdochensis.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 , p. 168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34942614, Wikidata Q123745775
- ↑ Atlas of Living Australia. "Species: Tartarus murdochensis (Murdoch Sink Cave Spider)" (in en-AU). https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/26063655-8699-4173-89e0-b10d895cd816.
Wikidata ☰ Q2271501 entry
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