Clubiona rosserae

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Clubiona rosserae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Clubionidae
Genus: Clubiona
Species:
C. rosserae
Binomial name
Clubiona rosserae
Locket, 1953

Clubiona rosserae, or Rosser's sac spider, [1] is a rare species of sac spider native to wetlands of Great Britain. Though once feared to be extinct, a colony was discovered in 2010 at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire. [2] It can also be found at the Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Suffolk. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Colony of rare spiders discovered". MSN News. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "First pictures of rare wetland spider in Cambridgeshire". BBC News . 21 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  3. ↑ Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths Archived 2015-05-04 at the Wayback Machine , SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-26.


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