Desis bobmarleyi

Desis bobmarleyi is an underwater spider species found in the shores of north eastern Queensland, Australia. It is known to build air chambers from silk. D. bobmarleyi is named in honour of the Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley.[1] As an intertidal species the name was inspired by Marley's song "High Tide or Low Tide".[2] In April 2018 the World Register of Marine Species named it one of the top 10 most remarkable species discovered in 2017.[2] The spider is an araneomorph.

Desis bobmarleyi
D. bobmarleyi male holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Desidae
Genus: Desis
Species:
D. bobmarleyi
Binomial name
Desis bobmarleyi
Baehr, Raven, and Harms, 2017

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