Ciba is a genus of Caribbean wandering spiders first described in 2014.[2] As of April 2019 it contains only two species.[1] It is one of two species of eyeless spiders found in a Hispaniola cave. The non-expression of eyes and eye pigment in Ciba spiders is an energy-saving adaption in response to their dark cave habitat.[2]

Ciba
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Ctenidae
Genus: Ciba
Bloom, Binford, Esposito, Alayón, Peterson, Nishida, Loubet-Senear & Agnarsson, 2014[1]
Type species
C. calzada (Alayón, 1985)
Species
  • C. calzada (Alayón, 1985) — Cuba
  • C. seibo Alayón & Agnarsson, 2014 — Dominican Republic

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Ciba Bloom, Binford, Esposito, Alayón, Peterson, Nishida, Loubet-Senear & Agnarsson, 2014". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  2. ^ a b Bloom, T.; Binford, G.; Esposito, L. A.; Alayón G., G.; Peterson, I.; Nishida, A.; Loubet-Senear, K.; Agnarsson, I. (2014). "Discovery of two new species of eyeless spiders within a single Hispaniola cave". Journal of Arachnology. 42 (2): 148–154. doi:10.1636/k13-84.1. S2CID 53962248.