Tags: Arachnid.
The spider genus Aname is endemic to Australia with one species (A. tasmanica) found only on Tasmania. It contains the black wishbone spider A. atra.Spiders in this genus together with the related and very similar genera Chenistonia and Namea are called wishbone spiders for the shape of their open silk-lined burrow which has the shape of the letter Y with one arm shorter than the other. Only the longer arm reaches the surface.
