page_title: Cantuaria borealis
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Cantuaria borealis / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo of species Cantuaria borealis, by Dr. Victoria Smith, shows both sides of the spider, with a worm coming out of the rear end.
context_page_description: Cantuaria borealis is a native New Zealand species of trapdoor spider.
context_section_description: Cantuaria borealis are large, stocky spiders that range in colour of various shades of brown, ranging from orange, red and yellow, to olive and purple tones. Cantuaria borealis have eight eyes, located in the centre of their head, and they can be arranged in either two or three rows. Their body size ranges from 8-33mm. Cantuaria borealis are sexually dimorphic, with the male spiders looking very similar to the female spiders until their last moult, where they emerge darker in colour and stockier in size. Male spiders have an obvious palpal organ, and female spiders have internal genitalia.
caption: Cantuaria borealis, photo taken by Dr. Victoria Smith (2016).
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