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Mamoea

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Mamoea
Mamoea rufa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Mamoea
Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
M. rufa
(Berland, 1931)
Species

19, see text

Mamoea is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains nineteen species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Mamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
  2. ^ Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.