SidymellaSidymella hirsuta Sidymella longipes
Sidymella longipes are a medium-sized, square-ended crab spider with long legs, hence their common name of Long-legged Crab Spider. They can vary in colour with shades of brown to creamy-white. They are often found on twigs and leaves in gardens and parks. Endemic to Australia and parts of New Zealand.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Suborder: Araneomorphae
- Infraorder: Entelegynae
- Superfamily: Thomisoidea
- Family: Thomisidae
- Genus: Sidymella
- Species: Sidymella longipes
Footnote & References
- Photographs Sidymella longipes © Stefan Jones
- Sidymella longipes (L. Koch, 1874), Crab Spider, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Sidymella longipes
SidymellaSidymella hirsuta Sidymella longipes
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