Cytaea rai
Appearance
Cytaea rai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Cytaea |
Species: | C. rai
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Binomial name | |
Cytaea rai Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1998
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Cytaea rai is a species of jumping spider.
Name
Rai are the large stone discs used as money in Yap.
Distribution
Cytaea rai is only known from Yap in the Caroline Islands.
References
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
- Berry, J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF