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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe

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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaChelicerataArachnidaAraneaeLinyphiidae

Genus Mermessus
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 · Decorated-Fanged Linyphiids

Species in this portal
5
Ecological class
All trogloxene
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
7 states and provinces
Counties
22

Species in this portal

Species Common name Class Status States Karst regions
Mermessus antraeus (Crosby, 1926) Trogloxene GNR IL, NM, TX
Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1898) Amerikaanse Kasdwergspin Trogloxene GNR AL, IL, NM
Mermessus indicabilis (Crosby & Bishop, 1928) Trogloxene GNR IL
Mermessus maculatus (Banks, 1892) Sheet-Web Spiders Trogloxene GNR AL, GA, IL, MO, TN
Mermessus tridentatus (Emerton, 1882) Spider Trogloxene GNR AL, IL, TN

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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