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Genus: Maratus Karsch, 1878 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Maratus marinus (Goyen, 1892)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056309

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Distribution: New Zealand

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Syntype: Otago Museum (OM), Dunedin, New Zealand mm ff (lost) - (Leggett et al., 2025)

Taxonomic References

Marptusa marina Goyen, 1892: 253, pl. 19, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Marptusa marina Roewer, 1955c: 1579 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Marpissa marina Forster & Forster, 1973: 134

Maratus marinus Leggett et al., 2025: 503, f. 2-3, 4A-J, 5A-E, 6, 7A-I, 8A-D (mf, T from Marpissa, removed from nomen dubium)

References

Forster, R. R. & Forster, L. M. (1973). New Zealand Spiders: An Introduction. Collins, Auckland, 254 pp. -- Show included taxa

Goyen, P. (1892). On New Zealand Araneae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 253-257, pl. 19. -- Show included taxa

Leggett, M. A., Vink, C. J., Marris, J., Osborne, A. J. & Nelson, X. J. (2025). A redescription and new generic placement of the New Zealand marine-associated jumping spider Marpissa marina (Goyen, 1892) (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 52(5): 497-515. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2024.2417671 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- Show included taxa

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-07-31	New taxonomic reference entry	Leggett et al., 2025
2025-07-31	Species transferred to new genus	Leggett et al., 2025		Species transferred from Marpissa to Maratus
2025-07-31	Species updated	Leggett et al., 2025	Old value	New status