Ozicrypta cooloola is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologists Robert Raven and Tracey Churchill. The specific epithet cooloola, an Aboriginal term for ‘cypress-pine’, refers to the type locality.[1][2]
| Ozicrypta cooloola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Barychelidae |
| Genus: | Ozicrypta |
| Species: | O. cooloola
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| Binomial name | |
| Ozicrypta cooloola | |
Distribution and habitat edit
The species occurs in the Gympie Region of south-east Queensland in rainforest habitats on sandy coastal soils. The known range extends from the Great Sandy National Park and Fraser Island southwards to Noosa, Nambour and Pomona. The type locality is Freshwater Road in Cooloola.[1][2]
References edit
- ^ a b c Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 [421]. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ a b "Species Ozicrypta cooloola Raven & Churchill, 1994". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-05.