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Opliliones

Gonyleptid sp.

Description:

This is the strangest harvestman I've ever seen. Body about 9 mm long.

Habitat:

Rainforest

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8 Comments

KarenL
KarenL 10 years ago

Thanks for your help João. I look forward to seeing more of your spottings!

João Burini
João Burini 10 years ago

Seems to be a gonyleptid, tough Cranaidae are similar in Ecuador and I'm not familiar with them. If you think that is strange I'll have to surprise you with some spottings later!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Haha, very true!

MrsPbio
MrsPbio 11 years ago

Maybe from an old Dr Who episode?

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

:-)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Zoidberg !! Yes- you got the ID!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Haha! I was wondering if this was the inspiration for a character from Futurama http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_John...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Did you offer it a tissue?

KarenL
Spotted by
KarenL

Provincia de Orellana, Ecuador

Spotted on Dec 7, 2012
Submitted on Dec 12, 2012

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