Platyoides rossi

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Platyoides rossi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trochanteriidae
Genus: Platyoides
Species:
P. rossi
Binomial name
Platyoides rossi

Platyoides rossi is a species of spider in the family Trochanteriidae. It is endemic to the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.[2]

Platyoides rossi is known only from the Eastern Cape, where it occurs at an elevation of 321 m above sea level. The species was originally described from Kareedouw.[3]

Habitat

The species inhabits the Thicket biome. Like other scorpion spiders, it is a free-living wanderer with a flattened body adapted for life in narrow crevices under bark or rocks.[3]

Description

Conservation

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