Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Camillina isabela Platnick & Murphy, 1987

In the coastal Arid zone of the most eastern islands Española and San Cristóbal; in the Scalesia zone of Floreana and in the Fern-sedge zone of the most eastern island San Cristóbal.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Arachnida

Order
Araneae

Superfamily
Gnaphosoidea

Family
Gnaphosidae

Genus
Camillina

Species
isabela

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Distribution: Only known from Galápagos. Galápagos distribution: Española, Floreana, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz.

References

  • Baert, L. Jean-Pierre Maelfait, Konjev Desender, Frederik Hendrickx (2023) Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands Belgian Journal of Entomology 142: 1–188.
  • Baert, L. (1994) The Gnaphosidae of the Galápagos archipelago, their distribution and the description of the Galapagoan representatives of the genus Camillina Berland. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Ent.) 64: 9-24.
  • Baert, L.L. Maelfait, J.-P. (2000) Check List of the Described Spider Species of the Galápagos Archipelago (Araneae). Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 70: 243-245.
  • Baert, L.L. Malfait, J.-P., Hendrickx, F. & Desender, K. (2008) Distribution and Habitat Preference of the Spiders (Araneae) of Galápagos. Bull. Inst. R. Sci. Nat. Belg. Entomol. 78: 39-111.
  • Buchholz, S. Baert, L., Rodríguez, J., E Causton, C., & Jäger, H. (2020) Spiders in Galapagos–diversity, biogeography and origin. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(1), 41-48.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Camillina isabela", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5650. Accessed 5 November 2026.