Cyrtauchenius | |
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Turret and trap door of C. latastei | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Cyrtaucheniidae |
Genus: | Cyrtauchenius Thorell, 1869[1] |
Type species | |
C. terricola (Lucas, 1846)
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Species | |
14, see text |
Cyrtauchenius is a genus of wafer trapdoor spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[2] Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Cyrtaucheniidae in 1985.[3]
NMBE
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).