Blind spiders
- Blind spiders
As with other animals, there are some species of cave-dwelling spiders that have lost their ability to see. Examples include:
* several "
Cicurina " (Dictynidae )
* "Nesticella marapu " (Nesticidae )
* "Neoleptoneta microps " (Leptonetidae )
* "Adelocosa anops " (Lycosidae )
* "Lygromma anops ", "L. gertschi", "Plutonodomus kungwensis " (Prodidomidae )
* "Euagrus anops ", "Masteria caeca " (Dipluridae )
* "Theridion strepitus " (Theridiidae )
* "Tartarus mullamullangensis " (Stiphidiidae )Some of these species have reduced and largely dysfunctional eyes, whereas others have no eyes at all.
"P. kungwensis" does not live in caves, but in
termite nests.
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