Barrow Island Peacock Spider
Maratus
FP-297 (BWI sp. 2)
Discoverer: Julianne Waldock (2008)
Fauna Portal species: 297
Diagnosis
Maratus FP-297 is currently only known from Barrow Island in Western Australia. Males there are easily distinguished by the lateral short white bands on the abdomen.
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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