Moruga is a genus of Australian brushed trapdoor spiders, found in the states of Queensland (QLD) or Western Australia (WA), that was first described by arachnologist Robert Raven in 1994.[2]

Moruga
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Barychelidae
Genus: Moruga
Raven, 1994[1]
Type species
M. thickthorni Raven, 1994
Species

8, see text

Species

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As of April 2019 the genus contained eight species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Moruga Raven, 1994". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-06.
  2. ^ Raven, R. J. (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35: 291–706.