Muziris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Muziris Simon, 1901 [1] |
Type species | |
M. doleschalli (
Thorell, 1878)
| |
Species | |
7, see text |
Muziris is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. [2] The name is derived from Muziris, a lost city in India (presumed to be present day Kodungallur).
As of July 2019 [update] it contains seven species spread over several island groups in the Pacific Ocean, with one species found in Australia. They are found in Indonesia, on Vanuatu, in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Samoa: [1]
Muziris | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Muziris Simon, 1901 [1] |
Type species | |
M. doleschalli (
Thorell, 1878)
| |
Species | |
7, see text |
Muziris is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. [2] The name is derived from Muziris, a lost city in India (presumed to be present day Kodungallur).
As of July 2019 [update] it contains seven species spread over several island groups in the Pacific Ocean, with one species found in Australia. They are found in Indonesia, on Vanuatu, in Papua New Guinea, Australia, and Samoa: [1]