Amaurobioides majorAmaurobioides major is a species of Anyphaenidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.TaxonomyThis species was described in 1970 by Ray Forster from a female specimen collected in Caswell Sound. The holotype is stored in Te Papa Museum under registration number AS.000062.DescriptionThe female is recorded at 11.72mm in length. This species has a reddish brown carapace and a brown abdomen that has pale chevron markings dorsally.DistributionThis species is only known from Caswell Sound in Fiordland, New Zealand. Like all Amaurobioides, it lives along the spray zone of rocky coasts.Conservation statusUnder the New [Zealand Threat Classification System], this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Climate Impact", "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend", "One Location" and "Range Restricted".