Cytaea ponapensis is a species of jumping spider.
| Cytaea ponapensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Cytaea |
| Species: | C. ponapensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cytaea ponapensis Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1998
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Name
editThe species is named after the island of Ponape in the Caroline Island, where the first specimens were collected.
Distribution
editCytaea ponapensis is only known from Ponape in the Caroline Islands.
References
edit- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
edit- Berry, J.W.; Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. (1998): Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26(2): 149-189. PDF
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