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Species of spider
Maretyna is a Chinese monotypic genus of spiders in the family Dictynidae containing the single species, Maretyna nongchao.[1]
The Chinese name given to this spider by the authors is 弄潮海卷叶蛛; Nòng cháo hǎi juàn yè zhū.[2]
Maretyna nongchao is endemic to Hainan province in China.[1] It has been collected in Sanya City on the southern coast of Hainan.[2]
M. nongchao is an intertidal species in tropical Hainan. The habitat of this new species is completely submerged at high tide.[2]
The genus name is a combination of Latin mare (ocean) and the ending of related genus Dictyna, indicating that this is the first described intertidal species of Dictynidae.[2]
The specific name is from 弄潮; Nòng cháo “riding the tide”.[2]
