Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 59 No. 59 |

Xysticus cristatus, the common crab spider, is a European spider from the family Thomisidae.
Ancestry Graph
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crab-spiders-.->goldenrod-crab-spider(["species: Goldenrod Crab Spider"])
crab-spiders-.->xysticus-kochi(["species: Xysticus kochi"])
click common-crab-spider href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/crab-spiders/common-crab-spider/"
click goldenrod-crab-spider href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/crab-spiders/goldenrod-crab-spider/"
click xysticus-kochi href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/crab-spiders/xysticus-kochi/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click arachnids href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/"
click typical-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/"
click crab-spiders href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/arachnids/typical-spiders/crab-spiders/"
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