Maratus speciosus

Maratus speciosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Maratus
Species: M. speciosus
Binomial name
Maratus speciosus
(O. P-Cambridge, 1874)
Synonyms

Salticus speciosus
Habrocestum speciosum
Saitis speciosus

Maratus speciosus, sometimes called the coastal peacock spider, is a species of Australian jumping spider. They are only known to inhabit the vegetation of the coastal sand dunes of southwestern Western Australia. Like other Maratus spiders, the males of the species engage in a courtship display during which they raise their third pair of legs and their abdomen, presenting their colorful opisthomal plate to potential female partners. Unlike other Maratus, however, the males of this species have a set of bright orange setae along both edges of the opisthoma which only become visible during this display.[1]

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