Trichome

Huntia murrindal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Huntia
Species:
H. murrindal
Binomial name
Huntia murrindal
Gray & Thompson, 2001
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Holotype site (AM KS17235 ♀): Anticline Cave, Murrindal, VIC[1]

Huntia murrindal is a cave spider in the family Zoropsidae.[1] It was first described in 2001 by Michael R. Gray & Judith A. Thompson.[2][3] The genus name honours arachnologist, Glenn Stuart Hunt (1944-1999),[2] and the species epithet, murrindal, references the type locality.[2]

It is known only from the Buchan-Murrindal cave system in Victoria.[2]

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