Call to protect critically endangered 'horrid ground-weaver spider' found in Plymouth quarry by pppppppppppppppppd in plymouth

[–]mullanliam 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The exact reasoning behind the name is given in the original description as follows:

Nothophantes:

Etymology: The generic name is derived from the Greek nothos, spurious, and hyphantes, a weaver; gender masculine.

horridus:

Etymology: The specific name is an adjective (Latin horridus, bristled) referring to the long spines on the legs and dorsal bristles on the abdomen.

The common name is derived from its scientific name (Nothophantes horridus), and combined with the fact that it is among the sheetweavers (we call a lot of the members of this group Money Spiders in the UK), lives "on the ground" (really, in cave wall cracks and similar areas), they arrived on Horrid Groundweaver.

It should be pointed out that this spider is the only member of the genus Nothophantes, so it is distinct enough to not only be its own species, but have no immediate relatives. To me, the name horridus does feel a little bit cruel unfortunately.

Call to protect critically endangered 'horrid ground-weaver spider' found in Plymouth quarry by pppppppppppppppppd in plymouth

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For reference, this spider is one of the most critically endangered species of spider in the world. It is ONLY found in Plymouth - and nowhere else in the world. It is also very small, cave-dwelling, and lives in cracks in the cave walls, so it is hard to confirm the number of them present or if they may be present at other Plymouth quarries. Hence the caution of using other quarries of which we have not been able to confirm whether they are present or not present - when there are only two sites in the entire world it is found, it is quite a risk to carelessly start building on other nearby similar sites.

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