Roddenberryus is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by Alexander Sánchez-Ruiz & Alexandre B. Bonaldo in 2023.[1]
| Roddenberryus | |
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| Roddenberryus sargi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Caponiidae |
| Genus: | Roddenberryus Sánchez-Ruiz - Bonaldo, 2023 |
| Type species | |
| R. kirk Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo, 2023
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| Species | |
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The genus was named after Gene Roddenberry, creator of the "Star Trek" franchise, "that inspired generations of kids to pursue scientific careers".[2]
Three newly discovered species were named after characters from "Star Trek: The Original Series", created by Roddenberry: Roddenberryus kirk (named after James T. Kirk); R. mccoy (named after Leonard McCoy); and R. spock (named after Spock).[1]
Species
editAs of September 2023[update] it contains five species:[1]
- Roddenberryus kirk Sánchez-Ruiz - Bonaldo, 2023 – Costa Rica
- Roddenberryus mccoy Sánchez-Ruiz - Bonaldo, 2023 – Mexico
- Roddenberryus pelegrina Bryant, 1940 – Cuba
- Roddenberryus sargi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 – Guatemala, Costa Rica
- Roddenberryus spock Sánchez-Ruiz - Bonaldo, 2023 – Mexico
References
edit- ^ a b c Sánchez-Ruiz & Bonaldo (2023). "Strange new spiders: on Roddenberryus, a new and unusual caponiid genus (Araneae, Caponiidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (891): 1–25. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2263. S2CID 261591997.
- ^ Hauser, Christine (2023-09-13). "It's a Spider, Not a Doctor, Captain or Vulcan". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-16.