Xenocytaea anomala
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Xenocytaea anomala is a jumping spider
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Jumping spider
The jumping spider family contains more than 500 described genera and about 5,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders with about 13% of all species. Jumping spiders have some of the best vision among invertebrates and use it in courtship, hunting and navigation...
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Name
The epitheton anomala indicates the divergence of some characters of the species with others of the genus (e.g. the epigynumEpigynum
Epigynum is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae....
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Distribution
X. anomala is only known from the Palau District on the western Caroline IslandsCaroline Islands
The Caroline Islands are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia in the eastern part of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end...
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