''Phycosoma'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an England, English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and wor ...

in 1880.

Species

it contains twenty-six species, found worldwide: *'' Phycosoma altum'' ( Keyserling, 1886) – Mexico to Brazil. Introduced to Hawaii *'' Phycosoma amamiense'' (Yoshida, 1985) –

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(Far East),

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(mainland, Ryukyu Is.) *''

Phycosoma corrugum ''Phycosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1880. Species it contains twenty-six species, found worldwide: *'' Phycosoma altum'' ( Keyserling, 1886) – Mexico to Brazil. Introduced ...

'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *'' Phycosoma crenatum'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *'' Phycosoma diaoluo'' Zhang & Zhang, 2012 – China *'' Phycosoma digitula'' Zhang & Zhang, 2012 – China *'' Phycosoma excisum'' (

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, 1889) –

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*'' Phycosoma flavomarginatum'' (Bösenberg &

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, 1906) – China, Korea, Japan *'' Phycosoma hainanensis'' (Zhu, 1998) – China,

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*'' Phycosoma hana'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *'' Phycosoma inornatum'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) –

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*'' Phycosoma jamesi'' (Roberts, 1979) –

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Phycosoma japonicum ''Phycosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1880. Species it contains twenty-six species, found worldwide: *'' Phycosoma altum'' ( Keyserling, 1886) – Mexico to Brazil. Introduced ...

'' (Yoshida, 1985) – Korea, Japan *'' Phycosoma labialis'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *'' Phycosoma ligulaceum'' Gao & Li, 2014 – China *'' Phycosoma lineatipes'' (Bryant, 1933) – USA to Brazil *'' Phycosoma martinae'' (Roberts, 1983) –

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, China, Korea, Japan (Ryukyu Is.),

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*'' Phycosoma menustya'' (Roberts, 1983) – Seychelles *'' Phycosoma mustelinum'' (Simon, 1889) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan,

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(Krakatau) *'' Phycosoma nigromaculatum'' (Yoshida, 1987) – China,

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, Japan, Ryukyu Is. *'' Phycosoma oecobioides'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 ( type) –

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(mainland, Chatham Is.) *'' Phycosoma sinica'' (Zhu, 1992) – China,

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*'' Phycosoma spundana'' (Roberts, 1978) – Seychelles *'' Phycosoma stellaris'' (Zhu, 1998) – China *'' Phycosoma stictum'' (Zhu, 1992) – China *'' Phycosoma stigmosum'' Yin, 2012 – China

Species

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