Cytaea rai

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Cytaea rai
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Cytaea
Species:
C. rai
Binomial name
Cytaea rai
Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1998

Cytaea rai is a species of jumping spider.

Name

Rai are the large stone discs used as money in Yap.

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Distribution

Cytaea rai is only known from Yap in the Caroline Islands.

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