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desid spiders
Desidae
The intertidal spiders (family Desidae) are named for the genus Desis, members of which live in a very unusual location — between the tides. The family has been reevaluated in recent years and now includes inland genera and species as well, such as Badumna and Phryganoporus. Those intertidal spiders that are truly marine commonly live in barnacle shells, which they seal up with silk; this allows them to maintain an air bubble during high tide. They...
16 branches of this family, most-observed first
Matachiinae
subfamilyMatachiinae
Metaltellinae
subfamilyMetaltellinae
Porteriinae
subfamilyPorteriinae
Desinae
subfamilyDesinae
Amphinectine spiders
subfamilyAmphinectinae
Ischaleinae
subfamilyIschaleinae
Nuisiana
genusNuisiana
Notomatachia
genusNotomatachia
Rapua
genusRapua
Tuakana
genusTuakana
Mangareia
genusMangareia
Panoa
genusPanoa
Mesudus
genusMesudus
Canala
genusCanala
Helsonia
genusHelsonia
Manawa
genusManawa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 47134.