Family Antrodiaetidae - Folding-door Spiders

Classification · Size · Range · Habitat · Internet References · Works Cited

folding door spider? - Antrodiaetus riversi - female

Trapdoor spider? - Antrodiaetus pacificus

Folding-door Spiders (Antrodiaetidae Antrodiaetus) - Antrodiaetus

A. pacificus - Antrodiaetus pacificus - male

A. riversi turret - Antrodiaetus riversi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)

Family Antrodiaetidae (Folding-door Spiders)

Size

1-3 cm

Range

Gulf of Mexico to Alaska. (1)

Habitat

Tube dwellers. They close their tube by drawing in the rim. (1)

Internet References

World Spider Catalog

Works Cited

1.	Spiders and Their Kin: A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press By Herbert W. Levi, Lorna R. Levi, Nicholas Strekalovsky

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 7 July, 2005 - 4:02pm

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