''Macrothele cretica'' is a species 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 ...

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Macrothelidae Macrothelidae is a family of mygalomorph spiders, split off from the family Hexathelidae in 2018. It contains three genera, '' Macrothele,'' '' Vacrothele'' and the extinct '' Promacrothele.'' Genera *'' Macrothele'' Ausserer, 1871 Europe, Afri ...

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endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

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Macrothelidae Spiders of Europe Endemic fauna of Crete Spiders described in 1903 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Macrothelidae-stub