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ID Thumbnail Media Data
16380
Scientific Name Maymena sp.
Location Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior Note pendant, out of plane sticky lines, that not all radii reach the hub, and eggsacs grouped at hu
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date 1979
Attached to Group Maymena (Mysmenidae): view page image collection
Title maymena.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider web, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Taxonomy
Key Words spider web
ID 16380
16381
Scientific Name Mysmena sp.
Location Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior Note completely 3D web with spherical symmetry and sticky spirals arranged on circumference
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date 1979
Attached to Group Mysmena (Mysmenidae): view page image collection
Title mysmenaclosed.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider web, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Taxonomy
Key Words spider web
ID 16381
16382
Scientific Name Mysmena sp.
Location Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior The outer envelope of sticky spirals has been torn to reveal spherical symmetry of radii
Sex Female
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date 1979
Attached to Group Mysmenidae: view page image collection
Title mysmenaopen.jpg
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 16382
16675
Scientific Name Anapistula sp.
Location Puerto Rico
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior web size ca. 4 cm. Note large number of radii that do not all reach hub.
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date ca. 1980
Attached to Group Symphytognathidae: view page image collection
Title anapistula03.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider web, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Phylogenetics, Taxonomy
Key Words spider web
ID 16675
16676
Scientific Name Chthonos sp.
Location French Guiana. Commune Regina. Les Nouragues Field Station
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior Eggsacs of Chthonos are small and cubical--one of the few cubical constructions in the animal kingdo
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage eggsac
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date 2005
Attached to Group Theridiosomatidae: view page image collection
Title chthonos_2916.jpg
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider eggsac, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Phylogenetics, Taxonomy
Key Words spider eggsac
ID 16676
16677
Scientific Name Ogulnius sp.
Location Costa Rica
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior Ogulnius webs lack frames and apparent radii are actually remnants of exploration behavior, not ster
Life Cycle Stage adult
Size 10cm
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date ca. 1980
Attached to Group Theridiosomatidae: view page image collection
Title ogulnius03.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 16677
16678
Scientific Name Theridiosoma gemmosum
Location North Carolina
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior Most theridiosomatid genera make a "temporary circle" (derived) rather than the plesiomorphic tempor
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage adult
Size ca 20 cm high
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date ca. 1979
Attached to Group Theridiosomatidae: view page image collection
Title theridiosoma_gemmosum03.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider web, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Phylogenetics, Taxonomy
Key Words spider web
ID 16678
16679
Scientific Name Theridiosoma gemmosum
Location North Carolina
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Jonathan Coddington
Behavior Several theridiosomatid genera actively distort the planar orb into a cone by reeling in a silk line
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage ad
Size ca. 20 cm high
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date ca. 1980
Attached to Group Theridiosomatidae: view page image collection
Title theridiosoma_gemmosumweb03.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider web, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Phylogenetics, Taxonomy
Key Words spider web
ID 16679
16680
Scientific Name Chileotaxus sans
Location Chile
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Ingi Agnarsson
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage adult
Size ca. 15 cm across
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date 2001
Attached to Group Synotaxidae: view page image collection
Title chileotaxus_sans.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider web, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Phylogenetics, Taxonomy
Key Words spider web
ID 16680
16681
Scientific Name Synotaxus monoceros
Location Guyana
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Ingi Agnarsson
Behavior Synotaxus makes a modular web with varying numbers of vertical panels, one of the few examples of a
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage adult
Size ca. 20-30 cm. high
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License - Version 3.0.
Copyright © Jonathan Coddington
Creation Date 1999
Attached to Group Synotaxidae: view page image collection
Title synotaxussl6b.jpg
Image Content Specimen(s)
Subject spider web, Biodiversity, Ecology, Life History, Neurobiology, Phylogenetics, Taxonomy
Key Words spider web
ID 16681
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