Prethopalpus marionae is a litter-dwelling goblin spider in the family Oonopidae.
| Prethopalpus marionae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | Prethopalpus |
| Species: | P. marionae
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| Binomial name | |
| Prethopalpus marionae Baehr & Harvey, 2012
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Distribution
editThis species in north-eastern Queensland and south-eastern Papua New Guinea.[1]
Description
editThe male is 1.09 mm, and the females 1.22 mm long.
Etymology
editThis species is named in honour of Marion Morgan.
References
edit- ^ Baehr, Barbara C.; Harvey, Mark S.; Burger, Matthias; Thoma, Marco (21 June 2012). "The New Australasian Goblin Spider Genus Prethopalpus (Araneae, Oonopidae)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 369: 1–113. doi:10.1206/763.1. hdl:2246/6185.