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.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 78 meters (0 to 256 feet).Mean = 21.460 meters (70.407 feet), Standard Deviation = 62.290 based on 13 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
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:
brevipes
- (Hahn, 1826)
- Scientific name: - Ozyptila brevipes (Hahn, 1826)
- Specific name:
brevipes
- (Hahn, 1826)
- 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
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Platnick N.I., 15-Jul-2004.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ozyptila
There are approximately 121 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
O. aculeipes · O. aculipalpa · O. americana · O. amkhasensis · O. ankarensis · O. annulipes · O. arctica · O. aspex · O. atlantica · O. atomaria · O. balkarica balkarica · O. barbara · O. baudueri · O. beaufortensis · O. bejarana · O. belma · O. bicuspis · O. blackwalli · O. brevipes · O. bryantae · O. caenosa · O. callitys · O. chandosiensis · O. claveata · O. clavidorsa · O. clavigera · O. confluens · O. conostyla · O. conspurcata · O. creola · O. curvata · O. danubiana · O. distans · O. elegans · O. flava · O. floridana · O. floridensis · O. formosa · O. fukushimai · O. furcula · O. fusca · O. gasanensis · O. georgiana · O. gertschi · O. geumoensis · O. grisea · O. hardyi · O. heterophthalma · O. imitata · O. inaequalis · O. inglesi · O. jaffa · O. jeholensis · O. judaea · O. kaszabi · O. khasi · O. kotulai · O. ladina · O. laevis · O. lanzarotae · O. leprieuri · O. lugubris · O. maculosa · O. manii · O. maratha · O. matsumotoi · O. metschensis · O. mingrelica · O. modesta · O. monroensis · O. neglecta · O. nevadensis · O. nigristerna · O. nigrita · O. nipponica · O. nongae · O. numida · O. obsoleta · O. okefinokensis · O. omega · O. orientalis · O. orientalis basegica · O. pacifica · O. pallida · O. panganica · O. parvimana · O. patellibidens · O. pauxilla · O. perplexa · O. praticola · O. pullata · O. pusio · O. rauda · O. rauda arctica · O. reenae · O. rigida · O. rubicunda · O. sakhalinensis · O. sanctuaria · O. scabricola
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- The World Spider Catalog, 5.0, 2004.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- BeBIF Provider: Belgian Arachnofauna
- GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3603493
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 619121
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2028735
