Corasoides is a genus of South Pacific intertidal spiders that was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1929. Originally placed with the Agelenidae, it was moved to the Stiphidiidae in 1973, and to the Desidae after a 2017 genetic study.
Species
it contains ten species, found in Australia and Papua New Guinea:
- Corasoides angusi <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Papua New Guinea
- Corasoides australis <small>Butler, 1929</small> (type) â Australia
- Corasoides cowanae <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Papua New Guinea
- Corasoides motumae <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Australia (New South Wales)
- Corasoides mouldsi <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Corasoides nebula <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Papua New Guinea
- Corasoides nimbus <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Papua New Guinea
- Corasoides occidentalis <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Australia (Western Australia)
- Corasoides stellaris <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Papua New Guinea
- Corasoides terania <small>Humphrey, 2017</small> â Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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