Record OB-043 · Formae Obscurae

Purple Shell Spider

Arachne purpurea

Archive note: once Purple Shell Spider receives a name, it has already left a trace in the dark part of the world.

State · Watching Depth · −470m License · Check license

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Baiye Xiao · Purple Shell Spider (Arachne purpurea) · Formae Obscurae

Original Art · ORIGINAL ART · FIG. 43 · 1

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Morphology

MORPHOLOGY · MO-43

Purple Shell Spider is filed in Formae Obscurae as a watching specimen at discovery depth −470m, classified under Arthropods. The plate should be read as the primary record for silhouette, surface language, and appendage structure.

Behavior

BEHAVIOR · BH-43

Purple Shell Spider is treated as watching in the archive. Light, gaze, heat, and sound responses are prioritized during approach.

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Sightings

SIGHTINGS · SG-43

Purple Shell Spider sightings are consolidated under the Formae Obscurae archive and indexed by depth for cross-reference.

Myth · MYTH · MY-43

Archive note: once Purple Shell Spider receives a name, it has already left a trace in the dark part of the world.

Notae ex archivo — archive notes are not always truth.

Taxon

Obscure Form Order · Arthropods

Canon

State index

2 / 5 · Watching

Render

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Habitat / HABITAT Filed within Formae Obscurae; observed around discovery depth −470m.

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