Zearchaea fiordensis

Taxonavigation

Zearchaea fiordensis (female, length about 2 mm)

Taxonavigation: Archaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Archaeoidea

Familia: Mecysmaucheniidae
Subfamilia: Zearchaeinae
Genus: Zearchaea
Species: Zearchaea fiordensis

Name

• Zearchaea fiordensis Forster, 1955
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original genus: Zearchaea Wilton, 1946
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: CMNZ 'C M A. 1087'
  • Type locality: 'Lake Manapouri'

References

Primary references

• Forster, R.R. 1955: Spiders of the family Archaeidae from Australia and New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 83(2): 391–403. BUGZ full text and pdf [first availability, see p. 395, and figs. 5, 10-12, 20-21]

Additional references

• Paquin, P.; Vink, C.J.; Dupérré, N. 2010: Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. ISBN 9780478347050 [see p. 45]
• Sirvid, P.J. et al. 2010: [Chapter] SIX Phylum ARTHROPODA CHELICERATA horseshoe crabs, arachnids, sea spiders. pp. 50–89 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3 [see p. 78, listed]

Links

• EoL
• ION
• NZOR (demonstration website)