Paramamoea

Paramamoea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Paramamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973[1]
Type species
P. incerta Forster & Wilton, 1973
Species
10, see text

Paramamoea is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders, first described by Raymond Robert Forster & C. L. Wilton in 1973.[2]

Species

As of April 2019^[update] it contains ten species, all found in New Zealand:[1]

• Paramamoea aquilonalis Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea arawa Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea incerta Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea incertoides Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea insulana Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea pandora Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea paradisica Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea parva Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea urewera Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand
• Paramamoea waipoua Forster & Wilton, 1973 – New Zealand

References

1. "Gen. Paramamoea Forster & Wilton, 1973". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
2. Forster, R. R.; Wilton, C. L. (1973). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV". Otago Museum Bulletin. 4: 1–309.