Plectophanes
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| Plectophanes | |
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| Plectophanes sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Cycloctenidae |
| Genus: | Plectophanes Bryant, 1935[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. frontalis Bryant, 1935 | |
| Species | |
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Plectophanes is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Cycloctenidae, and was first described by Elizabeth B. Bryant in 1935.[2] The eyes are positioned on an extension of the carapace that projects forward of the chelicerae.[3]
These spiders are distinguished from other cycloctenids by the positioning of the eyes on an extension of the carapace that projects forward of the chelicerae.