"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."
"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."