Galapagos Species Database
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Galanomma microphthalma
Harvest spiders, Opilion
Eyeless fauna, found in soil, caves
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Araneae
Family
Gonyleptidae
Genus
Galanomma
Species
microphthalma
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
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- Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. & Desender, K. (1995) Distribution of the arachnid species of the Orders Scorpiones, Solifugae, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Opiliones and Pseudoscorpiones in Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 65: 5-19.
- Peck, S.B. Kulalova-Peck, J. (1986) Preliminary summary of the subterranean fauna of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Part I. Introduction and Non-Insect invertebrates. Proc. 9th Intnl. Congr. Speleology, Barcelona 2: 164-166.
- Peck, S.B. (1990) Eyeless arthropods of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador: Composition and origin of the cryptozoic fauna of a young, tropical, oceanic archipelago. Biotropica 22(4): 366-381.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Galanomma microphthalma", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=13743. Accessed 31 October 2026.