Species Mangora placida - Tuftlegged Orbweaver

Classification · Explanation of Names

small orb weaver - Mangora placida - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)

Genus Mangora

Species placida (Tuftlegged Orbweaver)

Explanation of Names

Latin for "quiet, gentle, peaceful, placid"

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 August, 2005 - 12:35pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 12:49am

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