Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anapistula secreta
Littoral zone.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Symphytognathidae
Genus
Anapistula
Species
secreta
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Cryptogenic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Distribution: USA to Colombia, Bahama Is., Jamaica. Isabela (Volcán Sierra Negra), Santa Cruz. (Baert et al., 2023).
- Baert, L. Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Konjev Desender, Frederik Hendrickx (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1–188.
- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
- Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
- Buchholz, S. Baert, L., Rodríguez, J., E Causton, C., & Jäger, H. (2020) Spiders in Galapagos–diversity, biogeography and origin. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(1), 41-48.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anapistula secreta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11963. Accessed 3 November 2026.