Tuakana
| Tuakana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Tuakana Forster, 1970[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. wiltoni Forster, 1970
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| Species | |
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Tuakana is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.[2] As of May 2019[update] it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: T. mirada and T. wiltoni.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Gen. Tuakana Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ^ Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.
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