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Genus of spiders

Tuakana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Tuakana
Forster, 1970
Type species
T. wiltoni
Forster, 1970
Species

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

References

  1. ^ "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.
Taxon identifiers
Tuakana


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