''Amaurobius candia'' is a
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
of
spider
Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...
in the family
Amaurobiidae
Amaurobiidae is a family of three-clawed cribellate or ecribellate spiders found in crevices and hollows or under stones where they build retreats, and are often collected in pitfall traps. Unlidded burrows are sometimes quite obvious in crusty, ...
, found in Crete.
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References
candia The name Candia can refer to:
People
* The House of Candia, a noble family from Savoy (14th-16th)
* Alfredo Ovando CandÃa, 56th president of Bolivia
* Antoinette Candia-Bailey, American academic administrator
* Cecilia Maria de Candia, British-It ...
Fauna of Crete
Spiders of Europe
Spiders described in 2002
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