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Species Xysticus californicus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Genus Xysticus (Ground Crab Spiders)
Species californicus (Xysticus californicus)
Identification
Voucher Specimen:

Male
Range
"Pacific coast states from British Columbia (Gertsch, in litt.) south to California (1)".
Works Cited
1.The Crab Spiders of California
RX Schick. 1965. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.