Cambridgea turbotti
{{Short description|Species of spider}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2024}}
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| image = Cambridgea turbotti AMNZ5049 dorsal.jpg
| image_caption = Holotype of Cambridgea turbotti from the collections of Auckland War Memorial Museum
| taxon = Cambridgea turbotti
| authority = Forster & Wilton, 1973
| status = DD
| status_system = NZTCS
| status_ref = {{cite web|url=https://nztcs.org.nz/nztcs-species/26949 |title=Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973 |website=New Zealand Threat Classification System |access-date=22 August 2024}}
| synonyms =
- Cambridgea grandis {{small|(Blest & Vink, 2000)}}
- Nanocambridgea grandis {{small|(Blest & Vink, 2000)}}
}}
Cambridgea turbotti is a species of spider in the family Desidae.{{GBIF |title=Cambridgea turbotti Forster & Wilton, 1973 |id=2179658 |access-date=22 August 2024}} The species was first described by Ray Forster and Cecil Louis Wilton in 1973, and is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
The species was identified by Ray Forster and Cecil Louis Wilton in 1973, based on a specimen collected Evan Graham Turbott in 1946 from Manawatāwhi / Great Island.{{cite Q|Q113167424}}{{cite web|url=https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-160119 |title=Cambridgea turbotti |website=Auckland War Memorial Museum |access-date=16 August 2024}} Forster and Wilton named the species after Evan Graham Turbott.{{Cite q|Q58628992}}
Description
Distribution and habitat
The species is endemic to New Zealand, found in the Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands.
References
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Category:Spiders described in 1973