Species Decaphora cubana

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Works Cited

Pseudosparanthis cubana - Decaphora cubana - male

Curicaberis ferrugineus - Decaphora cubana - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Sparassidae (Huntsmen Spiders)

Genus Decaphora

Species cubana (Decaphora cubana)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

previously known as Pseudosparianthis cubana (transferred to genus Decaphora by Rheims & Alayón 2014(1))

Size

Roughly 12mm or less in body length according to (2). Size variation listed as 6.6 - 10.2 millimeters in (1).

Range

Apparently introduced to central and southern Florida from Cuba.

Works Cited

1.	The huntsman genus Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae) Cristina A. Rheims & Giraldo Alayon. 2014. Zootaxa 3815(1): 79-93.

2.	Cuban Spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology Elizabeth Bryant. 1940. Bulletin Museum of Comparative Zoology 86(7): 247-532.

Contributed by Mandy Howe on 19 June, 2014 - 12:11am
Last updated 24 June, 2014 - 3:14pm

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