Global InformationDolloff cave spider information
| Dolloff cave spider | |
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| Dolloff cave spider found in Empire Cave in Santa Cruz, California | |
Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Tetragnathidae |
| Genus: | Meta |
| Species: | M. dolloff
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| Binomial name | |
| Meta dolloff Levi & Levi, 1980
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The Dolloff cave spider (Meta dolloff) is a spider native to California, among the rarest spiders of North America.[2]
This species was listed on the 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. This doesn't provide legal protection for the species, but the list tracks animals that may become endangered.
- ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Meta dolloff". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T13255A3431647. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T13255A3431647.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "Meta dolloff". Bug Guide. Retrieved 8 July 2017.