Clubiona rosserae
Clubiona rosserae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Clubionidae |
Genus: | Clubiona |
Species: | C. rosserae |
Binomial name | |
Clubiona rosserae Locket, 1953 | |
Clubiona rosserae, or Rosser's sac spider,[1] is a rare species of sac spider native to wetlands of Great Britain. Though once feared to be extinct, a colony was discovered in 2010 at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire.[2] It can also be found at the Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths SSSI in north Suffolk.[3]
References
- ↑ "Colony of rare spiders discovered". MSN News. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ "First pictures of rare wetland spider in Cambridgeshire". BBC News. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
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