Clubiona rosserae

Clubiona rosserae, or Rosser's sac spider,[1] is a rare species of sac spider native to wetlands of Great Britain. Though once feared to be extinct, a colony was discovered in 2010 at Chippenham Fen in Cambridgeshire.[2] It can also be found at the Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Suffolk.[3]

Clubiona rosserae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Clubionidae
Genus: Clubiona
Species:
C. rosserae
Binomial name
Clubiona rosserae
Locket, 1953

References

  1. "Colony of rare spiders discovered". MSN News. 23 November 2010. Archived from the original on 23 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. "First pictures of rare wetland spider in Cambridgeshire". BBC News. 21 November 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  3. Cavenham-Icklingham Heaths Archived 2015-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, SSSI citation, Natural England. Retrieved 2013-01-26.


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