Arachnura higginsi

Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/Araneidae/Arachnura

At a glance

Occurrence records1 148

Data sources8

Biological traits5

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Arachnura higginsi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 148 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

World Spider Trait DBMasaryk University5 traits · 2 refs↗

World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 148 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Arachnura higginsi, known as the tailed spider or scorpion tailed spider and the scorpion orb weaver, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Araneidae. It occurs in many parts of Australia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPekár 2014aWolff et al. 2019

Morphometry1

Body mass0.032 mm

Predation2

Hunting guildorb web weavers

Web buildingyes

Defence1

Primary defenceCamouflage

Morphology1

Cribellumabsent

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Arachnura higginsi has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

BINs1

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P18S-3P

animal barcoderibosomal

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 148 records

Wild obs. + sensor765

Museum / vouchered383

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 088 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 296≤1 km 131≤10 km 40>10 km 73

540 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor765

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 12≤1 km 8≤10 km 56>10 km 3

79 georeferenced · 304 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence383

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	148
Sydney, AU	93
DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record	45
Natick, US	30
Museums Victorialocation not on record	25
QVMAGlocation not on record	24
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	15
NMV, AM, QM, SAM, ZMUC, TMAG, BMNH, QVMAG, WAMlocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1

9 institutions · 382 of 383 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Arachnura higginsi was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Morphometry1

Predation2

Defence1

Morphology1

At a glance

Record type1 148 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 9 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 148 records