Galapagos Species Database

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Gamasomorpha sp. nov.

lives in soil and caves

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Dysderoidea

Family
Oonopidae

Genus
Gamasomorpha

Species
sp. nov.

Taxon category: New to Science

Distribution

Distribution: Santa Cruz

References

  • 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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