Carathea

Carathea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Malkaridae
Genus:	Carathea; Moran, 1986
Species
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Carathea is a genus of Tasmanian spiders within the family Malkaridae that was named and first described by R. J. Moran in 1986. The name comes from the Australian aboriginal word for "sister".^[2] The type species is C. parawea.^[1] The features unique to spiders of this genus include a thin tip to the conductor (a sclerite in the male palpal bulb), the absence of "horns" on the carapace, and, in females, the internal genitalia are large and less compact, usually only containing three or four coils.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Gen. Carathea Moran, 1986". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
^ ^a ^b Moran, R.J. (1986). "The Sternodidae (Araneae: Araneomorpha), a new family of spiders from eastern Australia". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 7: 94–96.

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[WSC_g1884-1] "Gen. Carathea Moran, 1986". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-03-25.

[Moran-2] Moran, R.J. (1986). "The Sternodidae (Araneae: Araneomorpha), a new family of spiders from eastern Australia". Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society. 7: 94–96.

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