Galapagos Species Database
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Paraliochthonius galapagensis
Pseudoscorpión, Pseudoscorpion
Diagnosis: The species is characterized by the presence of 4 comeate eyes and 2 spine-like setae on the paraxial margin of the pedipalpal hand; carapace with a long and narrow epistome; pedipalpal femur 6.1 (c7)/5.6 (9) times longer than broad (length 1.02-1.03 mm), hand 2.1 times (length 0.59 mm), chela 5.3 ((7 9) times longer than deep (length 1.47 mm), finger 1.5- 1.6 times longer than hand and curved (length of fixed finger 0.91-0.92 mm); dorsum of hand with 11-13 chemosensory setae; fixed finger with 41-44 acute teeth, movable finger with 44-45 retrorse teeth.
Found in sea cliffs
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Pseudoscorpiones
Family
Chthoniidae
Genus
Paraliochthonius
Species
galapagensis
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paraliochthonius galapagensis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25258. Accessed 5 November 2026.