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Celaenia

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Celaenia
possibly C. excavata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Subfamily: Cyrtarachninae s.l.
Genus: Celaenia
Thorell, 1868[1]
Type species
C. excavata
(L. Koch, 1867)
Species

11, see text

Celaenia is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1868.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains eleven species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Celaenia Thorell, 1868". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
  2. ^ Thorell, T. (1868). Araneae. Species novae minusve cognitae.