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Seychellia

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Seychellia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Telemidae
Genus: Seychellia
Saaristo, 1978[1]
Type species
S. wiljoi
Saaristo, 1978
Species

5, see text

Seychellia is a genus of long-legged cave spiders that was first described by Michael I. Saaristo in 1978.[2]

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains five species, found in Africa and China:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Seychellia Saaristo, 1978". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. ^ Saaristo, M. I. (1978). "Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the Seychelle islands, with notes on taxonomy". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 15: 99–126.