Goyenia

Goyenia is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.[2]

Goyenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Goyenia
Forster, 1970[1]
Type species
G. electa
Forster, 1970
Species

10, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains ten species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

  • Goyenia electa Forster, 1970 (type) – New Zealand
  • Goyenia fresa Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia gratiosa Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia lucrosa Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia marplesi Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia multidentata Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia ornata Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia sana Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia scitula Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
  • Goyenia sylvatica Forster, 1970 – New Zealand
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References

  1. "Gen. Goyenia Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.


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