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Canaima (spider)

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Canaima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pholcidae
Genus: Canaima
Huber, 2000
Type species
C. arima
(Gertsch, 1982)
Species

8, see text

Canaima is a genus of cellar spiders that was first described by B. A. Huber in 2000.[1]

Species

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As of September 2022 it contains eight species, found in Venezuela and Trinidad:[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Huber, B. A. (2000). "New World pholcid spiders (Araneae: Pholcidae): A revision at generic level" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 254: 1–348.
  2. ^ "Gen. Canaima Huber, 2000". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 11 September 2022.