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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: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Moruga Raven, 1994 |
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| M. thickthorni Raven, 1994 | |
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Moruga is a genus of Australian brushed trapdoor spiders, found in the states of Queensland (QLD) or Western Australia (WA), that was first described by arachnologist Robert Raven in 1994.
Species
As of April 2019 the genus contained eight species:
- Moruga doddi Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga fuliginea (Thorell, 1881) — QLD
- Moruga heatherae Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga insularis Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga kimberleyi Raven, 1994 — WA
- Moruga thickthorni Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga thorsborneorum Raven, 1994 — QLD
- Moruga wallaceae Raven, 1994 — QLD
References
- ^ "Gen. Moruga Raven, 1994". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- Raven, R. J. (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 291–706.
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