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4 days ago

UC Davis Researchers Discover New Species of Coastal Spider, Just in Time for Halloween | KQED

A new trapdoor spider species, Aptostichus ramirezae, was identified in California coastal dunes, showing evolutionary divergence and underscoring dune habitat conservation needs.
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4 days ago

New spooky species discovered in California's sand dunes

The brown arachnids are the size of a quarter. "While there are over 50,000 species of spiders worldwide, there are probably hundreds of thousands left to be discovered, even along the coast where new spider species may be hiding just underfoot of California beachgoers," Jason Bond, a professor in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology and the study's senior author, said in a statement.
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