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Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

6mm long spider

Habitat:

Santa Cruz, Galapagos

Species ID Suggestions

Galapagos endemic, no common name so far

Galaporella thaleri

Reference Link
Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos
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Comments (1)
Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos
To intentify this one took a while, Karen! The world specialist on Galápagos Spiders, Léon Baert, says "it might be Galaporella thaleri Levi, 2009", which is, as far as we know, endemic and has been found only on Sta Cruz so far.

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PublishedDecember 23, 2012

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