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Pleorotus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Order
  
Araneae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Arachnida

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Pleorotus is a genus of spiders in the family Sparassidae, with a single species, Pleorotus braueri, first described in 1898. The description was based on a single male spider collected in 1894. No specimens have been found since and the species has been declared extinct. It was endemic to Mahe Island in the Seychelles.

References

Pleorotus Wikipedia