The newly described species have a body length of up to 10 millimetres, and are nocturnal and fast-moving spiders. 'I was surprised at how many species were described in this paper. I knew there were a lot, but the number was far higher than I predicted,' said Dr. Raven.
Our taxonomists are like detectives in the work they do to formally describe new species to science. Quite often species are obtained and become part of the collection, but they may not be formally known to science. That's where the work of our researchers, scientists and honoraries come in.
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