Biology:Samoa (harvestman)

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Short description: Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs

Samoa
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S. variabilis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Samoidae
Genus: Samoa
Sørensen, 1886[1]
Type species
Samoa variabilis
Sørensen, 1886

Samoa is a genus of harvestmen. It consists of three species:

  • Samoa obscura Sørensen, 1886[1]Upolu, Samoa; Viti Levu Fiji[2]
  • Samoa sechellana Rambla, 1983[3] — Mahé and Praslin, Seychelles[4][5]
  • Samoa variabilis Sørensen, 1886[1] — Upolu, Samoa[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sörensen, William (1886). "Opiliones". in Koch, L.; Keyserling, E.. Die Arachniden Australiens nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. 2. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe. pp. 72–74. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51908664; Pl. 6, Figs. 1–2. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roewer, C. Fr. (1912). "Die Familien der Assamiden und Phalangodiden der Opiliones-Laniatores (=Assamiden, Dampetriden, Phalangodiden, Epedaniden, Biantiden, Zalmoxiden, Samoiden, Palpipediden anderer Autoren)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abteilung A 78 (3): 104–105. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13207350. 
  3. Rambla, Maria (1983). "Contributions à l'étude de la faune terrestre des îles granitiques de l'archipel des Séchelles (Mission P.L.G. Benoit - J.J. Van Mol 1972): Opiliones (Arachnida)". Annalen. Reeks in-8°: Zoologische Wetenschappen (Tervuren, België: Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika) 242: 57–61. http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/pdfliteratura/Rambla/Rambla%201984%20Seychelles.pdf. 
  4. Gerlach, Justin (2010). "Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833 harvestmen". in Gerlach, Justin; Marusik, Yuri M.. Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles Islands. Manchester: Siri Scientific Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-0-9558636-8-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=u62xDFMz2bsC&pg=PA318. 
  5. Gerlach, J. (2014). "Samoa sechellana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T196779A21579856. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196779A21579856.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/196779/21579856. 

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