Hexurella

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Hexurella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Atypoidea
Family: Hexurellidae
Hedin & Bond, 2019 [1]
Genus: Hexurella
Gertsch & Platnick, 1979 [2]

Hexurella is a genus of spiders, found in the United States and Mexico. [2] It is the only genus in the family Hexurellidae. [1]

Species

As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Family: Hexurellidae Hedin & Bond, 2019 (genus list)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-16
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Hexurella Gertsch & Platnick, 1979", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2020-07-16