Galapagos Species Database
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Paraliochthonius pecki
Pseudoscorpión, Pseudoscorpion
Diagnosis: Carapace with 4 comeate eyes, epistome long and triangular; pedipalps: femur 4.7-5. 1 times longer than broad, patella 2. 1-2.3 times longer than broad, hand 1. 9-2.0 times longer than deep, fixed 1.75-1.93 times longer than hand, chela 5. 4-5. 7 times longer than deep; chaetotaxy of femur 5-5-2-5, dorsum of hand with 8-9 chemosensory setae, paraxial margin of hand in distal half with two spine-like setae on tubercles, movable finger with two slightly thickened setae on paraxial side, fixed finger with 33-37 acute, erect, separate teeth, movable finger with 37-42 retrorse, flattened teeth.
Found in sea cliffs
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Arachnida
Order
Pseudoscorpiones
Family
Chthoniidae
Genus
Paraliochthonius
Species
pecki
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
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"Galapagos Species Database, Paraliochthonius pecki", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25260. Accessed 1 November 2026.