Marine Jumper
Although this species lacks the vivid colours displayed by many jumping spiders, it is readily recognised as the only jumpers known to live exclusively in the intertidal zone along Singapore’s coastline and that of its outlying islands. Both sexes are dully coloured, but the male has a thicker mane of white hairs on the clypeus and more distinct spots on the abdomen than that of the female.
Newly hatched spiderling
An underwater chamber exposed during low tide. It is made of sealing valves of oyster shells with thick silk. Spiderlings were hatched within the underwater nursery.
| Length | ♀ 7 mm; ♂ 5 mm. |
| Habitat | Among rocks, coral rubble and oyster and barnacle beds. |
| Biology | The spider can sit, run and even hop on the water surface. It forages for marine creatures during low tide and hides in an underwater chamber sealed by thick silk during high tide. The chamber may be built between rock crevices, within dead barnacle shells, or between the valves of dead oysters. Eggs are laid within the chamber and serve as an underwater nursery before the spiderlings disperse. |
| Type Locality | Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. |
| Distribution | Malaysia (Negeri Sembilan), Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Syntype(s)
British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 1♀ 1 Juvenile♂ (Abraham, 1926)
Diplocanthopoda marina (Original description ♀)
Abraham, 1926 A marine spider of the fam Attidae: 1358, pl. 1 doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1925.tb07440.x
Diplocanthopoda marina (Original description ♂, ♀)
Bristowe, 1931b Notes on the biology of spiders: 461, f. 1-2 doi:10.1080/00222933108673422
Diplacanthopoda marina (lapsus)
Diplocanthopoda marina (♂♀)
Prószyński, 1984a Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae): 35
Diplocanthopoda marina (♂)
Prószyński, 2017b Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae): 26, f. 11G doi:10.37828/em.2017.12.1
Diplocanthopoda marina (♂♀)
Prószyński, 2018a Review of the genus Hasarius (Araneae: Salticidae) - a taxonomic fiasco: 27, f. 6F doi:10.37828/em.2018.16.2
Diplocanthopoda marina (♂♀)
Wang & Zhang, 2023b First record of the intertidal jumping spider Diplocanthopoda marina Abraham, 1925 from China (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae): 32, f. 1C-D, 2A-D, 3A-E, 4A-D, 5A-C, 6A-D doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2023.01.006
Malaysia (Negeri Sembilan), Singapore.