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Matachia
''Matachia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Desidae, intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Desidae, intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: *''Matachia australis'' Raymond Robert Forster, Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia livor'' (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand *''Matachia marplesi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia ramulicola'' Dalmas, 1917 (Type species, type) – New Zealand *''Matachia similis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand References Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matachia Ramulicola
''Matachia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Desidae, intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Desidae, intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: *''Matachia australis'' Raymond Robert Forster, Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia livor'' (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand *''Matachia marplesi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia ramulicola'' Dalmas, 1917 (Type species, type) – New Zealand *''Matachia similis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand References Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matachia Australis
''Matachia'' is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: *'' Matachia australis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Matachia livor'' (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand *'' Matachia marplesi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia ramulicola ''Matachia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Desidae, intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Desidae, intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains ...'' Dalmas, 1917 ( type) – New Zealand *'' Matachia similis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand References Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matachia Livor
''Matachia'' is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: *''Matachia australis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *'' Matachia livor'' (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand *'' Matachia marplesi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia ramulicola ''Matachia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Desidae, intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Desidae, intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains ...'' Dalmas, 1917 ( type) – New Zealand *'' Matachia similis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand References Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matachia Marplesi
''Matachia'' is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: *''Matachia australis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia livor'' (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand *'' Matachia marplesi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia ramulicola ''Matachia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Desidae, intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Desidae, intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains ...'' Dalmas, 1917 ( type) – New Zealand *'' Matachia similis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand References Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matachia Similis
''Matachia'' is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains five species, all found in New Zealand: *''Matachia australis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia livor'' (Urquhart, 1893) – New Zealand *''Matachia marplesi'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand *''Matachia ramulicola ''Matachia'' is a genus of Oceania, South Pacific Desidae, intertidal spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1917. Originally placed with the Psechridae, it was moved to the Desidae, intertidal spiders in 1970. Species it contains ...'' Dalmas, 1917 ( type) – New Zealand *'' Matachia similis'' Forster, 1970 – New Zealand References Araneomorphae genera Desidae Spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desidae
Desidae is a family of spiders, some of which are known as intertidal spiders. The family is named for the genus '' Desis'', members of which live in a very unusual location — between the tides. The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland genera and species as well, such as ''Badumna'' and ''Phryganoporus''. In 2017, the family Amphinectidae was merged into Desidae. The family Toxopidae has been separated off. Those intertidal spiders that are truly marine commonly live in barnacle shells, which they seal up with silk; this allows them to maintain an air bubble during high tide. They emerge at night to feed on various small arthropods that live in the intertidal zone. Distribution As now circumscribed, the family Desidae is mainly found in South America and Australasia, with some species reaching north to Malaysia. ''Metaltella simoni'' has been introduced in a large part of the Southern United States (records exist from California, Louisiana, Missis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined. The most recent rigorous estimate for the total number of species of eukaryotes is between 8 and 8.7 million. However, only about 14% of these had been described by 2011. All species (except viruses) are given a two-part name, a "binomial". The first part of a binomial is the genus to which the species belongs. The second part is called the specific name or the specific epithet (in botanical nomenclature, also sometimes i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania
Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographical region that includes Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. Spanning the Eastern Hemisphere, Eastern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres, Oceania is estimated to have a land area of and a population of around 44.5 million as of 2021. When compared with (and sometimes described as being one of) the continents, the region of Oceania is the smallest in land area and the list of continents and continental subregions by population, second least populated after Antarctica. Its major population centres are Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Auckland, Adelaide, Honolulu, and Christchurch. Oceania has a diverse mix of economies from the developed country, highly developed and globally competitive market economy, financial markets of Australia, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Hawaii, New Caledonia, and New Zealand, which rank high in quality of life and Human Development Index, to the much least developed countries, less developed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psechridae
Psechridae is a family (biology), family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders with about 70 species in two genera. These are among the biggest cribellate spiders with body lengths up to and funnel webs more than in diameter. The family belongs to the RTA clade of spiders because they all have a Retrolateral Tibial Apophysis on the male pedipalp. A recent phylogenetic analysis places Psechridae as close relatives of the lynx spiders, wolf spiders, and nursery web spiders. They feature several characteristics normally found in ecribellate spiders, for example brood care behavior, and a colulus with no apparent function. They have greatly elongated legs, with the last element being very flexible. Female ''Psechrus'' carry their egg-sac in the chelicerae, similar to their relatives, the ecribellate Pisauridae. Members of ''Psechrus'' construct horizontal webs lace webs, while ''Fecenia'' construct pseudo-orbs, similar to orb webs of Orbiculariae spiders in an example of Convergen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Robert Forster
Raymond Robert Forster (19 June 1922 – 1 July 2000) was a New Zealand arachnologist and museum director. He was a Fellow of the Entomological Society of New Zealand. Biography Forster was born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1922, and was educated at Victoria University College, gaining BSc, MSc(Hons) and DSc degrees. Forster was an entomologist at the National Museum in Wellington from 1940 to 1947, with an interruption for military service during World War II. Between 1942 and 1945 he served first in the army and then as a naval radar mechanic.Ray Forster obituary . International Society of Arachnology. Retrieved 14 February 2013. He was appointed zoologist and assistant director at Canterbury Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
