Description
Family Thomisidae
Crab spiders hold their legs outstretched to the sides, in the manner of their crustacean namesake, and can move forwards, sideways, or backward . They have short, broad bodies and 8 small eyes sometimes located on raised bumps . The second pair of legs is often much heavier and longer than the third and fourth pairs. Crab spiders do not build any sort of web, they prowl the ground and climb flowers and plants in search of prey . Many are masters of camouflage and simply await their prey on flowers, much like ambush bugs.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- arthropods
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
()
- Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
()
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
()
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
()
- Class:
Arachnida
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Arachnids
- Subclass:
Micrura
()
- Order:
Araneae
()
- Clerck, 1757
- Spiders
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
()
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
()
- Superfamily:
Thomisoidea
()
- Family:
Thomisidae
()
- Crab Spiders
- Genus:
Ozyptila
()
- Specific name:
bison
- Gertsch, 1953
- Scientific name: - Ozyptila bison Gertsch, 1953
- Specific name:
bison
- Gertsch, 1953
- Genus:
Ozyptila
(
- Family:
Thomisidae
(
- Superfamily:
Thomisoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
(
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
(
- Order:
Araneae
(
- Subclass:
Micrura
(
- Class:
Arachnida
(
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
(
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
(
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
(
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ozyptila
There are approximately 148 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
O. aculeipes · O. aculipalpa · O. aculipalpus · O. albimana · O. americana · O. amkhasensis · O. ankarensis · O. annulipes · O. aradensis · O. arctica · O. aspex · O. atlantica · O. atomaria · O. balkarica balkarica · O. barbara · O. barbata · O. baudueri · O. baudueri cribratus · O. beaufortensis · O. bejarana · O. belma · O. bicuspis · O. bison · O. blackwalli · O. brevipes · O. bryantae · O. caenosa · O. caligans · O. callitys · O. chandosiensis · O. claveata · O. clavidorsa · O. clavidorsum · O. clavigera · O. confluens · O. conostyla · O. conspurcata · O. creola · O. curvata · O. danubiana · O. decorata · O. distans · O. elegans · O. flava · O. flexa · O. floridana · O. floridensis · O. formosa · O. fukushimai · O. furcula · O. fusca · O. fuscosternum · O. gasanensis · O. georgiana · O. gertschi · O. geumoensis · O. grisea · O. guttulata · O. hardyi · O. heterophthalma · O. horticola · O. imitata · O. inaequalis · O. infumata · O. inglesi · O. jaffa · O. jeholensis · O. judaea · O. kaszabi · O. khasi · O. kotulai · O. ladina · O. laevis · O. lanzarotae · O. leprieur · O. leprieuri · O. lugubris · O. lutosa · O. lutulenta · O. maculosa · O. manii · O. maratha · O. marshalli · O. matsumotoi · O. metschensis · O. mingrelica · O. modesta · O. monroensis · O. neglecta · O. nevadensis · O. nigella · O. nigristerna · O. nigrita · O. nipponica · O. nongae · O. numida · O. obsoleta · O. okefenokensis · O. okefinokensis · O. omega
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