Species
Atypoides riversi (California turret spider)
Atypoides riversi. Photo: (c) Marshal Hedin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
Atypoides riversi, known as turret spider, is a species of mygalomorph spider in the family Antrodiaetidae. It is a medium-sized spider native to Northern California that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation and silk. This spider’s length is 13 to 18 millimetres (0.51 to 0.71 in) long, though females are larger than males.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Order: Araneae (Spiders)
- Suborder: Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)
- Superfamily: Atypoidea
- Family: Antrodiaetidae (Foldingdoor spiders)
- Genus: Atypoides
- Species: Atypoides riversi (California turret spider)
- Genus: Atypoides
- Family: Antrodiaetidae (Foldingdoor spiders)
- Superfamily: Atypoidea
- Suborder: Mygalomorphae (Mygalomorphs)
- Order: Araneae (Spiders)
- Class: Arachnida (Arachnids)
- Subphylum: Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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