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Spelungula (Cave spider)

Wikipedia Abstract

Spelungula is a genus of spiders in the family Gradungulidae. The genus has only one species, Spelungula cavernicola, or the Nelson cave spider, which is endemic to New Zealand. It is New Zealand's largest known spider in terms of leg span (13 –15 cm) and it has a body length of 2.4 centimetres (0.94 in).
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Species

Spelungula cavernicola (Nelson cave spider)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0