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title: "New Zealand Nursery Web Spider"
description: "Dolomedes minor — Insecten en spinnen. Dolomedes minor is a semiaquatic spider in the family Dolomedidae that is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known as the nursery web spider, not to be confused with the family Pisauridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/new-zealand-nursery-web-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# New Zealand Nursery Web Spider

> Dolomedes minor — Insecten en spinnen. Dolomedes minor is a semiaquatic spider in the family Dolomedidae that is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known as the nursery web spider, not to be confused with the family Pisauridae.

- Scientific name: *Dolomedes minor*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 5941
- Wikidata: [Q1646736](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1646736)
- iNaturalist taxon: [407459](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/407459)

## Names

- en: New Zealand Nursery Web Spider

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (4825)

## Summary

Dolomedes minor is a semiaquatic spider in the family Dolomedidae that is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known as the nursery web spider, not to be confused with the family Pisauridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolomedes_minor

## Photo

![New Zealand Nursery Web Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/new-zealand-nursery-web-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jaco Grundling · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5935664

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/new-zealand-nursery-web-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).