Ciba (spider)
| Ciba | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Ctenidae |
| Genus: | Ciba Bloom, Binford, Esposito, Alayón, Peterson, Nishida, Loubet-Senear & Agnarsson, 2014[1] |
| Type species | |
| C. calzada (Alayón, 1985) | |
| Species | |
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Ciba is a genus of Caribbean wandering spiders first described in 2014.[2] As of April 2019[update] it contains only two species.[1] It is one of two species of eyeless spiders found in a Hispaniola cave. The non-expression of eyes and eye pigment in Ciba spiders is an energy-saving adaption in response to their dark cave habitat.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Ciba Bloom, Binford, Esposito, Alayón, Peterson, Nishida, Loubet-Senear & Agnarsson, 2014". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
- ^ a b Bloom, T.; Binford, G.; Esposito, L. A.; Alayón G., G.; Peterson, I.; Nishida, A.; Loubet-Senear, K.; Agnarsson, I. (2014). "Discovery of two new species of eyeless spiders within a single Hispaniola cave". Journal of Arachnology. 42 (2): 148–154. doi:10.1636/k13-84.1. S2CID 53962248.