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Periscope Spiders
Plectophanes
Plectophanes is a genus of spiders in the Cycloctenidae family. It was first described in 1935 by Bryant. As of 2016 it contains 5 species, all from New Zealand.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Plectophanes archeyi
speciesPlectophanes archeyi
Plectophanes frontalis
speciesPlectophanes frontalis
Plectophanes pilgrimi
speciesPlectophanes pilgrimi
Plectophanes altus
speciesPlectophanes altus
Plectophanes hollowayae
speciesPlectophanes hollowayae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Plectophanes in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 377730.