[1] This species was first described in 1880 by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge as Arbanitis huttonii.

[2] It was transferred to the Cantuaria genus by Ray Forster 1968.

[1] The holotype is stored at Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

[1] Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Not Threatened.

[3] This article related to mygalomorph spiders is a stub.