Global InformationMoggridgea rainbowi information
| Moggridgea rainbowi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Migidae |
| Genus: | Moggridgea |
| Species: | M. rainbowi
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| Binomial name | |
| Moggridgea rainbowi Robert Henry Pulleine 1919 [1][2]
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Moggridgea rainbowi, also called the Australian trapdoor spider,[3] is a small spider endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. The spider was first recorded in 1919.[4][2]
- ^ Harrison, Sophie; Harvey, Mark; Cooper, Steve; Austin, Andrew; Rix, Michael (2 August 2017). "Across the Indian Ocean: A remarkable example of trans-oceanic dispersal in an austral mygalomorph spider". PLOS ONE. 12 (8): 16. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1280139H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180139. PMC 5540276. PMID 28767648.
- ^ a b "Taxon details: Moggridgea rainbowi (Pulleine, 1919)". World Spider Catalog. Naturhistorisches Museum Der Burgergemeinde. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Nogrady, Bianca (2 August 2017). "Australian trapdoor spider may be a seafaring castaway from Africa". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ Pulleine, Robert (1919). "A New Species of Aganippe from Kangaroo Island". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 43: 74–76.