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#4383 · 🕷️ spiders & kin

Algerian Jumping Spider

Cyrba algerina

🕷️ Spiders & kin 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Algerian Jumping Spider, photo 1 of 9
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what is it?

Cyrba algerina , the Algerian jumping spider , is a species of jumping spider in the subfamily Spartaeinae. 5 to 4 millimeters in size. It is the only species of Cyrba found in Europe.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 2,423iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
  • 2,423 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.

fact sheet

English
Algerian Jumping Spider
scientific name
Cyrba algerina
class
Arachnida
order
Araneae
family
Salticidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
1,917
sightings worldwide
2,423
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—

relatives· Salticidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 322844, Wikidata Q2245791, GBIF 2171142, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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