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Pirata piscatorius

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Pirata piscatorius is a species in the family Lycosidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 8.77 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Germany.

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Quick facts about Pirata piscatorius

Weight
Not recorded
Length
8.77 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is Pirata piscatorius?

PIRATA PISCATORIUS · LENGTH 8.77 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 8.77 mm, the recorded maximum length of the pirata piscatorius is about 0.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does Pirata piscatorius live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Pirata piscatorius is listed for 1 country.

Germany
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Germany

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Pirata piscatorius endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Pirata piscatorius classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyLycosidae
  6. genusPirata
  7. SpeciesPirata piscatorius (Clerck, 1757)

Synonyms Araneus piscatorius, Pirata degreyi, Pirata piscatoria, Pirata umbraticola

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • slíďák potápivýCzech
  • Stor piratjagtedderkopDanish
  • Großer PiratGerman
  • isorosvokkiFinnish
  • Pirate pêcheuseFrench
  • brempiratedderkoppNorwegian Bokmål
  • Grote piraatDutch
  • Пирата-рыбакRussian
  • strehúnik potápavýSlovak
  • större piratspindelSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Pirata piscatorius

Other species in the same genus Pirata.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is Pirata piscatorius?

An adult Pirata piscatorius measures 8.77 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does Pirata piscatorius live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Pirata piscatorius for 1 country: Germany. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Pirata piscatorius?

Pirata piscatorius (Pirata piscatorius) belongs to the family Lycosidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pirata piscatorius (Pirata piscatorius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pirata-piscatorius

MLA

“Pirata piscatorius (Pirata piscatorius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pirata-piscatorius.

BibTeX
@misc{pirata_piscatorius_2026,
  title = {Pirata piscatorius (Pirata piscatorius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pirata-piscatorius},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}