''Myro marinus'' is a species of

Toxopidae Toxopidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders, first described in 1940. For many years it was sunk into Desidae as a subfamily, although doubts were expressed as to whether this was correct. A large-scale molecular phylogenetic study in 201 ...

spider that is endemic to

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

.Forster, R. R. (1970)
The spiders of New Zealand. Part III
''Otago Museum Bulletin'' 3: 1-184.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Peter Goyen in 1890 from female and male specimens. It was most recently revised in 1970.

Description

The female is recorded at 7.51mm in length whereas the male is 5.22mm. The female carapace is darkly coloured with pale markings dorsally. The legs are pale yellowish brown. The abdomen is shaded black and has pale markings. The male has more extensive abdomen markings.

Distribution

This species is only known from

Otago Otago (, ; ) is a regions of New Zealand, region of New Zealand located in the southern half of the South Island and administered by the Otago Regional Council. It has an area of approximately , making it the country's second largest local go ...

and

Stewart Island Stewart Island (, ' glowing skies', officially Stewart Island / Rakiura, formerly New Leinster) is New Zealand's third-largest island, located south of the South Island, across Foveaux Strait. It is a roughly triangular island with a la ...

, New Zealand. It is restricted to the coastal intertidal zone.

Conservation status

Under the

New Zealand Threat Classification System The New Zealand Threat Classification System is used by the Department of Conservation to assess conservation priorities of species in New Zealand. The system was developed because the IUCN Red List, a similar conservation status system, had s ...

, this species is listed as "Naturally Uncommon" with the qualifiers of "Climate Impact", "Data Poor: Trend" and "Range Restricted".

References

Toxopidae Spiders described in 1890 Endemic spiders of New Zealand {{Araneomorphae-stub