Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Anoplodactylus robustus
Araña de mar, Sea spider
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Pycnogonida
Order
Pantopoda
Suborder
Eupantopodida
Superfamily
Phoxichilidoidea
Family
Phoxichilidiidae
Genus
Anoplodactylus
Species
robustus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Phoxichilidium robustum Dohrn, 1881 (Horton et al., 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: Mediterranea Sea, North and South Atlantic Ocean (Horton et al., 2021) and Galapagos Islands in Santa Cruz, Floreana.
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Child, C.A. Hedgpeth, J.W. (1971) Pycnogonida of the Galápagos Islands. J. Natl. Hist., 5(6): 609-634.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Anoplodactylus robustus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=15984. Accessed 1 November 2026.