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Issue: Vol. 5437 No. 1: 11 Apr. 2024
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2024-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5437.1.9
Page range: 125-130
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 23

On the identity of Opopaea euphorbicola Strand, 1909 and first records of three other non-native goblin spiders from Ascension Island (Araneae: Oonopidae)

Arachnology Research Association; London; United Kingdom; Fundación Ariguanabo; San Antonio de los Baños; Cuba; IUCN Species Survival Commission; Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group; Sailsbury; United Kingdom
Museum für Naturkunde; Berlin; Germany; Conservation & Fisheries Directorate; Ascension Island Government; Georgetown; Ascension
IUCN Species Survival Commission; Atlantic Islands Invertebrate Specialist Group; Sailsbury; United Kingdom; Conservation & Fisheries Directorate; Ascension Island Government; Georgetown; Ascension
Araneae Opopaea euphorbicola Ascension Island Euphorbia origanoides German South Polar Expedition Saint Helena somatic characters O. deserticola Old-World species endemic lava sites Brignolia B. dasysterna United States Brazil New World neotype taxonomy nomenclature oonopid spiders goblin spiders non-native species taxonomic literature management plans Leica MZ12.5 Canon EOS 6D Mark II Helicon Focus software

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