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Epicadus
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Epicadus

Epicadus is a genus of spiders in the Thomisidae family. It was first described in 1895 by Simon. As of 2017, it contains 4 species from Central and South America.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Seven-spined Crab Spider

speciesEpicadus heterogaster

Epicadus trituberculatus

speciesEpicadus trituberculatus

Epicadus rubripes

speciesEpicadus rubripes

Epicadus taczanowskii

speciesEpicadus taczanowskii

Epicadus dimidiaster

speciesEpicadus dimidiaster

Epicadus stelloides

speciesEpicadus stelloides

Epicadus camelinus

speciesEpicadus camelinus

Epicadus granulatus

speciesEpicadus granulatus

Epicadus pulcher

speciesEpicadus pulcher

Epicadus tuberculatus

speciesEpicadus tuberculatus

Epicadus tigrinus

speciesEpicadus tigrinus

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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 420804.