Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Escaphiella gertschi
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Superfamily
Dysderoidea
Family
Oonopidae
Genus
Escaphiella
Species
gertschi
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
Distribution: Distribution: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Jamaica. Galápagos distribution: Isabela (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.
- 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, Escaphiella gertschi", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11986. Accessed 3 November 2026.