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Desis martensi is a marine spider in the family Desidae, first described by L. Koch in 1872 and native to intertidal coral reefs and rocky shores of the Indo-Pacific. It breathes air but survives high tide inside silk-lined retreats built in coral crevices or shells, which trap a bubble of air that...
Badumna insignis, commonly called the black house spider, is an Australian species of lace-web spider in the family Desidae. Ludwig Koch described it in 1872, and it commonly builds tangled, funnel-shaped webs in and around human dwellings, where the web provides a retreat from which the spider can...
Badumna longinqua, commonly called the grey house spider, is a cribellate spider native to eastern Australia and described by Ludwig Koch in 1867. It builds irregular lace-webs in sheltered places such as cracks, wall openings, window frames, and other parts of buildings, which accounts for its asso...
