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Nilakantha (spider)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Order
  
Araneae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Arachnida

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Nilakantha (spider)

Nilakantha is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Species

As of November 2015, the World Spider Catalog accepted 4 species of Nilakantha:

  • Nilakantha cockerelli Peckham & Peckham, 1901 – Hispaniola, Jamaica
  • Nilakantha crucifera (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Panama
  • Nilakantha inerma (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
  • Nilakantha peckhami Bryant, 1940 – Cuba

    • References

    Nilakantha (spider) Wikipedia
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