Tuakana

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Tuakana
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Tuakana
Forster, 1970[1]
Type species

Forster, 1970
Species
  • Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

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. ^ Jump up to: a b "Gen. Tuakana Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.


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