Biology:Eucyrtops eremaeus
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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: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Eucyrtops |
| Species: | E. eremaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Eucyrtops eremaeus Main, 1957[1]
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Eucyrtops eremaeus is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Idiopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1957 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in Western Australia in the Murchison bioregion, in open mulga shrubland habitats with braided watercourses on clay-loam soils. The type locality is Cardinia Creek, near the ghost town of Malcolm.[2]
Behaviour
The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators. They construct and shelter in burrows with trapdoors.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Main, BY (1957). "Biology of aganippine trapdoor spiders (Mygalomorphae: Ctenizidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology 5: 402–473 [421].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Eucyrtops eremaeus Main, 1957". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2023-02-03. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c230ff98-40b9-4b79-b9c0-60d5b8516748.
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