Archaea (spider)

Archaea
Lithograph of female Archaea paradoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Archaeidae
Genus: †Archaea
C.L. Koch & Berendt, 1854[1]
Species

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Archaea is an extinct genus of spiders in the family Archaeidae. As of October 2016, four species are placed (or possibly placed) in the genus. All have been found preserved in amber, either from the Baltic or Bitterfeld, Germany.[1] First described in 1854, Archaea species have a distinctive "neck" separating the head from the thorax, and very long chelicerae ("jaws").[2]

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