Desis is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[2] Species of the genus are found in Australasia, the Pacific, Japan, eastern and southern Africa, and India. They are marine spiders, living in the intertidal zone and only emerging at the ebb tide to hunt for invertebrates including shrimp. When submerged during high tides, they stay in an air chamber sealed with silk,[3][4][5] and breathe its air.[6]
| Desis | |
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| Desis japonica, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Desidae |
| Genus: | Desis Walckenaer, 1837[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. maxillosa (Fabricius, 1793)
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14, see text | |
Species
editAs of May 2019[update] it contains fourteen species:[1]
- Desis bobmarleyi Baehr, Raven & Harms, 2017 – Australia (Queensland)
- Desis crosslandi Pocock, 1903 – Tanzania (Zanzibar), Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte
- Desis formidabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1891) – Namibia, South Africa
- Desis galapagoensis Hirst, 1925 – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
- Desis gardineri Pocock, 1904 – India (Laccadive Is.)
- Desis inermis Gravely, 1927 – India
- Desis japonica Yaginuma, 1956 – Japan
- Desis jiaxiangi Lin, Li & Chen, 2020 – China
- Desis kenyonae Pocock, 1902 – Australia (Victoria, Tasmania)
- Desis marina (Hector, 1877) – New Caledonia, New Zealand (mainland, Chatham Is.)
- Desis martensi L. Koch, 1872 – Malaysia
- Desis maxillosa (Fabricius, 1793) (type) – New Guinea, New Caledonia
- Desis risbeci Berland, 1931 – New Caledonia
- Desis tangana Roewer, 1955 – East Africa
- Desis vorax L. Koch, 1872 – Samoa
References
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- ^ a b "Gen. Desis Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
- ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères.
- ^ "Desis sp. Marine Spiders". www.arachne.org.au. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
- ^ Baehr, B.C.; Raven, R. & Harms, D. (2017). "'High Tide or Low Tide': Desis bobmarleyi sp. n., a new spider from coral reefs in Australia's Sunshine State and its relative from Sāmoa (Araneae, Desidae, Desis)". Evolutionary Systematics. 1: 111–120. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.1.15735.
- ^ Nyffeler, M.; Pusey, B.J. (2014). "Fish Predation by Semi-Aquatic Spiders: A Global Pattern". PLOS ONE. 9 (6): e99459. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...999459N. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099459. PMC 4062410. PMID 24940885.
- ^ "Mysterious Marine Spiders in Sydney Harbour". The Australian Museum. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
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