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Species Atypoides riversi - Antrodiaetus riversi

Antrodiaetus riversi - Atypoides riversi

folding door spider? - Atypoides riversi - female

Antrodiaetus riversi - California Turret Spider - Atypoides riversi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)

Family Antrodiaetidae (Folding-door Spiders)

Genus Atypoides

Species riversi (Antrodiaetus riversi)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Transferred to Antrodiaetus

Later returned to Atypoides

Explanation of Names

Atypoides riversi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1883

Remarks

Males possess a long, horn-like apophysis on each jaw, terminating in a small, hairy knob.

Print References

Starrett J, Hedin M (2007) Multilocus genealogies reveal multiple cryptic species and biogeographic complexity in the California turret spider Antrodiaetus riversi (Mygalomorphae, Antrodiaetidae). Molecular Ecology, 16: 583-604.

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 20 February, 2008 - 6:29pm
Additional contributions by Bug Eric, kschnei, mhedin, PaleoJon
Last updated 30 March, 2023 - 12:21am

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