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Amaurobiidae is a family of spiders also known as "tangled nest spiders", "night spiders" or "hacklemesh weavers".
These cribellate spiders of medium size look similar to the related Agelenidae, but have shorter legs and much smaller spinnerets.
Their nets have roughly the form of a funnel.
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