Nihoa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Barychelidae |
Genus: | Nihoa Raven & Churchill, 1992[1] |
Type species | |
N. mahina Churchill & Raven, 1992
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Species | |
23, see text |
Nihoa is a genus of South Pacific brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Tracey Churchill & Robert Raven in 1992. It is named after the island Nihoa, where the type species (N. mahina) is endemic.[2]
Male Nihoan trapdoor spiders (N. hawaiiensis) grow to almost 15 millimetres (0.59 in) long, including chelicerae. The females are larger, growing up to 21 millimetres (0.83 in).[3]
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