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Ozicrypta cooloola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Barychelidae
Genus:	Ozicrypta
Species:	O. cooloola
Binomial name
Ozicrypta cooloola Raven & Churchill, 1994

Ozicrypta cooloola is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Barychelidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1994 by Australian arachnologists Robert Raven and Tracey Churchill. The specific epithet cooloola, an Aboriginal term for ‘cypress-pine’, refers to the type locality.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in the Gympie Region of south-east Queensland in rainforest habitats on sandy coastal soils. The known range extends from the Great Sandy National Park and Fraser Island southwards to Noosa, Nambour and Pomona. The type locality is Freshwater Road in Cooloola.

References

1. ^ Raven, RJ (1994). "Mygalomorph spiders of the Barychelidae in Australia and the western Pacific". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 35 (2): 291–706 . Retrieved 2023-07-05.
2. ^ "Species Ozicrypta cooloola Raven & Churchill, 1994". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. Retrieved 2023-07-05.

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• Spiders described in 1994
• Taxa named by Robert Raven
• Taxa named by Tracey Churchill
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