Gradungula
| Gradungula | |
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| File:Gradungula sorenseni - Sebastian Doak - 151718791.jpeg | |
| Gradungula sorenseni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gradungulidae |
| Genus: | Gradungula Forster, 1955[1] |
| Species: | G. sorenseni
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| Binomial name | |
| Gradungula sorenseni Forster, 1955
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Gradungula is a monotypic genus of South Pacific large-clawed spiders containing the single species, Gradungula sorenseni. It is only found in New Zealand.[1]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The genus name is derived from Latin gradus "step" and ungula "claw", referring to the enlarged front leg claws of this species. These claws also occur in other species of the family Gradungulidae.[citation needed] The species is named after Jack Sorensen, the discoverer of the species.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Gradungula sorenseni was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1955.[3]
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Gradungula sorenseni is distributed in forests throughout the western South Island of New Zealand and throughout Stewart Island. [4]
References
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- ^ Forster, Ray; Forster, Lyn (1999). Spiders Of New Zealand And Their World Wide Kin. Otago, New Zealand: University of Otago Press. pp. 119–124.
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- ^ Forster, R. R., Platnick, N. I. & Gray, M. R. (1987). A review of the spider superfamilies Hypochiloidea and Austrochiloidea (Araneae, Araneomorphae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 185: 1-116.
External links
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