Tuakana

Tuakana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Desidae
Genus:	Tuakana Forster, 1970[1]
Type species
T. wiltoni Forster, 1970
Species
T. mirada Forster, 1970 – New Zealand T. wiltoni Forster, 1970 – New Zealand

Tuakana is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1970.[2] As of May 2019^[update] it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: T. mirada and T. wiltoni.[1]

References

1. "Gen. Tuakana Forster, 1970". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
2. Forster, R. R. (1970). "The spiders of New Zealand. Part III". Otago Museum Bulletin. 3: 1–184.