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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Crab Spiders (Thomisidae) » Bark Crab Spiders (Bassaniana) » Bassaniana versicolor

Species Bassaniana versicolor

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification
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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 Bassaniana (Bark Crab Spiders)
Species versicolor (Bassaniana versicolor)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Anterior eye row is definitely recurved; anterior legs quite mottled in both sexes; maculations on posterior declivity of female carapace usually are well separated.

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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 21 June, 2006 - 4:34pm
Additional contributions by cheins
Last updated 24 January, 2022 - 7:44am

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