 In both "Maratus" and some "Hypoblemum" in the "Maratus" group, the abdomen is raised during courtship, but only "Maratus" has a colorful dorsal plate.See World Spider Catalog, Otto & Hill 2014 2016 Baehr & Whyte 2016

Early scientific names mostly used Latin or Greek descriptors, for example the type species "Maratus amabilis" (1878) refers to the friendly or pleasant "Maratus".