Desis is a genus of intertidal spiders that was first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837. Species of the genus are found in Australasia, the Pacific, Japan, eastern and southern Africa,

Desis marina, also known as the intertidal spider or marine spider, is a species of Desidae found in New Zealand and New Caledonia. It was first described by naturalist James Hector in 1878 from speci