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Chenistonia caeruleomontana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Order
  
Araneae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Arachnida

Infraorder
  
Mygalomorphae

Chenistonia caeruleomontana

Chenistonia caeruleomontana is a ground spider (family Nemesiidae), found in New South Wales, Australia. Spiders in this group are called "wishbone spiders", for the shape of their open silk-lined burrow, which has the shape of the letter "Y", with one arm shorter than the other. Only the longer arm reaches the surface. The shorter arm is believed to allow the spider to survive flooding by trapping an air bubble.

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Chenistonia caeruleomontana Wikipedia