Cytaea rai

Cytaea rai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Cytaea
Species:
C. rai
Binomial name
Cytaea rai
Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1998

Cytaea rai is a species of jumping spider.

Name

Rai are the large stone discs used as money in Yap.

Distribution

Cytaea rai is only known from Yap in the Caroline Islands.

References

  • Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
  • Berry, J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF


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