Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Eurycyde longisetosa
araña de mar, Sea spider
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Pycnogonida
Order
Pantopoda
Suborder
Eupantopodida
Superfamily
Ascorhynchoidea
Family
Ascorhynchidae
Genus
Eurycyde
Species
longisetosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Eurycyde encantada Child & Hedgpeth, 1971, fide Appeltans et al. (eds) (2010)
Origin: Native
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Eurycyde longisetosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=16032. Accessed 6 November 2026.