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Ctenidae {family} -
Arthropoda
;
Arachnida
;
Araneae
;
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Sub-taxa
Genera (29)
Acantheis [2]
Acanthoctenus [167]
Africactenus [3]
Afroneutria [3]
Amauropelma [6]
Amicactenus [9]
Anahita [19]
Asthenoctenus [8]
Caloctenus [7]
Centroctenus [23]
Chococtenus [49]
Ctenidae_gen [4]
Ctenus [168]
Enoploctenus [122]
Gephyroctenus [4]
Guasuctenus [12]
Isoctenus [42]
Kiekie [319]
Leptoctenus [3]
Macroctenus [12]
Nimbanahita [2]
Nothroctenus [1]
Perictenus [2]
Petaloctenus [1]
Phoneutria [54]
Phymatoctenus [9]
Piloctenus [5]
Spinoctenus [30]
Viracucha [7]
Taxon Description (Wikipedia)
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BOLD Stats
Specimen Records:
1,896
Public Records:
798
Specimens with Sequences:
1,718
Public Species:
64
Specimens with Barcodes:
1,571
Public BINs:
153
Species:
113
Species With Barcodes:
96
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Imagery
images representing subtaxa of Ctenidae
(
Viracucha
)
Sample ID:
CBG-B21727-G11
License:
CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025)
License Holder:
CBG Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
Collection Sites
Collected from 23 countries.
Top 20:
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Costa Rica
470
Argentina
28
Kenya
3
Peru
244
Ecuador
24
Pakistan
3
Brazil
106
South Africa
20
Bolivia
2
Ghana
45
Ivory Coast
7
Australia
1
India
41
French Guiana
5
Thailand
1
Panama
36
United States
4
Bangladesh
1
Mexico
31
Trinidad and Tobago
4
![(Acanthoctenus - BIOUG55322-H02) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2020) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/JINII/BIOUG55322-H02%2B1605292046.jpg "(Acanthoctenus - BIOUG55322-H02) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2020)")
![(Anahita - BIOUG25730-C08) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/BBUSU/BIOUG25730-C08%2B1449776620.jpg "(Anahita - BIOUG25730-C08) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015)")
![(Asthenoctenus - IEGEBA-EVO-0166) @11 [ ] Copyright (2014) Nicolas Flaibani FCEN UBA](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MULAD/63_ARANEAE_Ctenidae_02_%5B10%5D_D%2B1413311650.JPG "(Asthenoctenus - IEGEBA-EVO-0166) {} [ ] Copyright (2014)")
![(Centroctenus - PB1173) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) Unspecified Universidade Estadual de Londrina](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CLTTR/P._brevipes%2B1716257157.jpg "(Centroctenus - PB1173) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024)")
![(Chococtenus - CBG-A08900-A09) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2023) Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/EMMAS/CBG-A08900-A09%2B1689346622.jpg "(Chococtenus - CBG-A08900-A09) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2023)")
![(Ctenus - BIOUG08761-F06) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GMCRT/BIOUG08761-F06%2B1466530598.jpg "(Ctenus - BIOUG08761-F06) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016)")
![(Gephyroctenus - CBG-B22756-G07) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025) Centre for Biodiversity Genomics Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PERME/CBG-B22756-G07%2B1752240934.jpg "(Gephyroctenus - CBG-B22756-G07) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025)")
![(Guasuctenus - MS508_2023) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LMOUY/MS508_GuasuctenuslongipesF%2B1682019480.jpg "(Guasuctenus - MS508_2023) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Isoctenus - IS1000) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024) Unspecified Universidade Estadual de Londrina](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CLTTR/242088_-_I._strandi_2%2B1716812380.jpg "(Isoctenus - IS1000) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2024)")
![(Kiekie - BIOUG22969-H09) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GMACK/BIOUG22969-H09%2B1459880336.jpg "(Kiekie - BIOUG22969-H09) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016)")
![(Phoneutria - VVGL129) @12 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SPIFG/IMG_9328%2B1308941220.JPG "(Phoneutria - VVGL129) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Phymatoctenus - BIOUG71248-H09) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2021) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CRALC/BIOUG71247-H09%2B1628775044.jpg "(Phymatoctenus - BIOUG71248-H09) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2021)")
![(Spinoctenus - BIOUG91404-H11) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2022) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CRSRA/BIOUG91404-H11%2B1667400204.jpg "(Spinoctenus - BIOUG91404-H11) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2022)")
![(Viracucha - CBG-B21727-G11) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/ARIGA/CBG-B21727-G11%2B1753362718.jpg "(Viracucha - CBG-B21727-G11) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share - Alike (2025)")
