Cytaea carolinensis
Encyclopedia
Cytaea carolinensis is a jumping spider
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and C. rai
. Males are 4–5 mm long, females 5.5-6.5 mm.
group in the Caroline Islands.
Jumping spider
The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation...
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Appearance
C. carolinensis is similar to C. ponapensisCytaea ponapensis
Cytaea ponapensis is a species of jumping spider.-Name:The species is named after the island of Ponape in the Caroline Island, where the first specimens were collected.-References: : , version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History....
and C. rai
Cytaea rai
Cytaea rai is a species of jumping spider.-References: : , version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.-External links: : Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. III. Distribution of Seven Genera, with Description of Nineteen New Species and Two New Genera. Journal of Arachnology 26: 149-189....
. Males are 4–5 mm long, females 5.5-6.5 mm.
Distribution
C. carolinensis is known from Truk and the PalauPalau
Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
group in the Caroline Islands.