Carcinarachne is a monotypic genus of South American crab spiders containing the single species, Carcinarachne brocki. It was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 1956,[2] and has only been found in Ecuador.[1]

Carcinarachne
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Carcinarachne
Schmidt, 1956[1]
Species:
C. brocki
Binomial name
Carcinarachne brocki
Schmidt, 1956

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Carcinarachne Schmidt, 1956". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-28.
  2. ^ Schmidt, G. (1956). "Genus- und Speziesdiagnosen neuer, mit Bananen eingeschleppter Spinnen nebst Mitteilung über das Auffinden der Männchen zweier Spinnenarten". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 157: 24–31.