Cantuaria abdita
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| Cantuaria abdita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Idiopidae |
| Genus: | Cantuaria |
| Species: | C. abdita |
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| Cantuaria abdita Forster, 1968 | |
Cantuaria abdita is a species of trapdoor spider endemic to New Zealand.[1]
This species was first described by Ray Forster in 1968.[2] The holotype specimen was collected by Richard Dell and Beverley Holloway at Hidden Island, off Stewart Island, during the 1955 Dominion Museum expedition.[3] Presently, the species is only known from a single female specimen.[2]
The holotype is stored at Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000001.
