Cambridgea foliata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Desidae |
Genus: | Cambridgea |
Species: | C. foliata
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Binomial name | |
Cambridgea foliata (Koch, 1872)
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Cambridgea foliata, commonly known as New Zealand sheet-web spider, is a species of spider in the family Desidae.[1] These nocturnal, arboreal spiders are endemic to the North Island of New Zealand and build large horizontal sheet-webs with a large number of knock-down threads.[2][1]