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Cryptic Orbweavers
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Cryptic Orbweavers

Cryptaranea

Cryptaranea is a genus of spiders in the Araneidae family. It was first described in 1988 by Court & Forster. As of 2017, it contains 7 species, all from New Zealand.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cryptaranea atrihastula

speciesCryptaranea atrihastula

Cryptaranea subcompta

speciesCryptaranea subcompta

Cryptaranea albolineata

speciesCryptaranea albolineata

Cryptaranea venustula

speciesCryptaranea venustula

Cryptaranea subalpina

speciesCryptaranea subalpina

Cryptaranea stewartensis

speciesCryptaranea stewartensis

Cryptaranea invisibilis

speciesCryptaranea invisibilis

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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 376080.