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Image of Antrodiaetus riversi

Image of <i>Antrodiaetus riversi</i>

Description:

"Current genetic work (Hedin et al, 2013) has shown that what is currently referred to as the California Turret Spider is almost certainly a cryptic species complex made up of morphologically similar but genetically (and often ecologically) divergent populations. While I was unable to tease the spider from its burrow, the structure is diagnostic and its location in a Coast Redwood forest in southern Mendocino County aligns it with the ""NorthCoast"" clade."

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