Dolloff cave spider

Dolloff cave spider
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Tetragnathidae
Genus:	Meta
Species:	M. dolloff
Binomial name
Meta dolloff Levi & Levi, 1980

The Dolloff cave spider (family Tetragnathidae) is a spider native to the west coast of North America.

This species was listed on the 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. While this did not provide legal protection for the species, the list is designed to track those which may become endangered.

Habitat

The Dolloff cave spider lives in caves in the Empire Cave System and Grey Whale Ranch State Park.

References

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). Meta dolloff. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)

External links

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
• Dolloff cave spider

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