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Dictynoidea
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Dictynoidea

The Dictynoidea or dictynoids are a group of araneomorph spiders that have been treated as a superfamily. The composition of the group has varied. Phylogenetic studies in the 21st century have failed to confirm the monophyly of the dictynoids as originally defined.

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6 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Meshweavers

familyDictynidae

Soft Spiders

familyCybaeidae

cicurinid spiders

familyCicurinidae

Lathyidae

familyLathyidae

Intertidal and scuttle spiders

familyToxopidae

Argyronetidae

familyArgyronetidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1634342.