Naatlo

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Naatlo is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
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Naatlo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiosomatidae
Genus: Naatlo
Coddington, 1986[1]
Type species
N. sutila
Coddington, 1986
Species

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Behaviour

They use their web as a high speed slingshot to actively hunt for prey.[3] Spiders in the genus have been observed to slingshot themselves at speeds exceeding 1.0m/s with accelerations exceeding 250m/s2.[4]

Species

As of June 2020 it contains seven species, found in South America, Panama, Costa Rica, on Tobago, and Trinidad:[1]

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