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Rangatira spider

Dolomedes schauinslandi Simon, 1899

Status not recordedspiders

The rangatira spider (Dolomedes schauinslandi) is a species in the family Dolomedidae, order Araneae. Source checklists list it for 1 country: New Zealand.

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Quick facts about the rangatira spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
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

Where does the rangatira spider 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.

The rangatira spider is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. New Zealand

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the rangatira spider 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 the rangatira spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyDolomedidae
  6. genusDolomedes
  7. SpeciesDolomedes schauinslandi Simon, 1899

Synonyms Dolomedes huttoni, Dolomedes trippi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rangatira spider

Other species in the same genus Dolomedes.

Raft spider

Dolomedes fimbriatus

DolomedidaeNo free photo yet

Water spider

Dolomedes aquaticus

DolomedidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the rangatira spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the rangatira spider for 1 country: New Zealand. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the rangatira spider?

The rangatira spider (Dolomedes schauinslandi) belongs to the family Dolomedidae 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). Rangatira spider (Dolomedes schauinslandi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rangatira-spider

MLA

“Rangatira spider (Dolomedes schauinslandi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/rangatira-spider.

BibTeX
@misc{rangatira_spider_2026,
  title = {Rangatira spider (Dolomedes schauinslandi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rangatira-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}