Biology:Tuakana

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Short description: Genus of spiders

Tuakana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Tuakana
Forster, 1970[1]
Type species
T. wiltoni
Forster, 1970
Species
  • T. mirada Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Forster, 1970 – New Zealand T. wiltoni

Tuakana is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.[2] (As of May 2019) it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: T. mirada and T. wiltoni.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gen. Tuakana Forster, 1970. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/744. Retrieved 2019-06-01. 
  2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III.". Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1–184. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3541751 entry