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Boolathana spiralis

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Boolathana spiralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachycosmidae
Genus: Boolathana
Species:
B. spiralis
Binomial name
Boolathana spiralis
Platnick, 2002

Boolathana spiralis is one of two species of western Australian spiders in the family Trochanteriidae.[1] The name refers to the coiled tip of the middle apophysis, one of the defining characteristics of the species. It is mostly red to brown, the colour fading from dark on the top front to gray in the sides and bottom.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Gen. Boolathana Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-08.
  2. ^ Platnick, N.I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 193–199. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86321070.