Maritime Embolic Spider

Agyneta maritima

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
ELCODE: 
ILARAH5170
Common Name: 
Maritime Embolic Spider
Scientific Name: 
Agyneta maritima
Synonyms: 
Agyneta alaskensis
Meioneta maritima
Microneta maritima
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Arachnid (Spider)
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Arachnida
Order: 
Araneae
Family: 
Linyphiidae
Habitat
Microclimatically humid Arctic species living in such sites as soil cracks and under stones on dry slopes in high-arctic tundra (Saaristo & Koponeta 1998).
Distribution

Distribution

Siberian-Nearctic (Duperre 2013). Canadian high-arctic archipelago and probably northern Siberia (Saaristo & Koponeta 1998). In the NWT, the species has only been confirmed from a single site in Norman Wells (Duperre 2013).

Number of Occurrences

In the NWT, the species has only been confirmed from one record in Norman Wells (two males, one female; 1949) (Duperre 2013). Duperre (2013) and Saaristo & Koponen (1998) both attribute records from Cockburn Point (1914) and Ellesmere Island to the NWT; these are in error and should be considered Nunavut records. References: (1) Duperre, N. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the spider genera Agyneta and Tennesseellum (Araneae, Linyphiidae) of North America north of Mexico with a study of the embolic division within Micronetinae sensu Saaristo & Tanasevitch 1996. Zootaxa 3674: 189 pp. (2) Saaristo, M.I. & Koponen, S. 1998. A review of northern Canadian spiders of the genus Agyneta (Araneae, Linyphiidae), with descriptions of two new species. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 76: 566-583.
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
Status Rank Description: 
Regional experts consider this species to be poorly known and unrankable in the NWT.
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Newly ranked in 2014 by R. Bennett. Rank reviewed in 2023; no change.
Last Updated: 
August 8, 2024
Status Designations

Canada – Assessment by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

COSEWIC Status: 
-

References