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Anyphaena pacifica

(Banks, 1896)

Western Ghost Spider

G5Secure Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.117187

Element CodeILARAE8010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassArachnida

OrderAraneae

FamilyAnyphaenidae

GenusAnyphaena

Other Common Names

Anyphène du Pacifique (FR) Pacific Ghost Spider (EN)

Concept Reference

Kaston, B.J. 1972. How to Know the Spiders. Wm C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 272 p.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v2.0 (2010 rank factors)

Review Date2015-05-25

Change Date2015-05-25

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (2)

CanadaN5

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Montana	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Quartz	Wenatchee National Forest	8,550

References (3)

Breene, R.G., D.A. Dean, G.B. Edwards, B. Hebert, H.W. Levi, G. Manning, K. McWest, and L. Sorkin. 2003. Common names of Arachnids 2003. 5th edition. The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. American Tarantula Society.
Kaston, B.J. 1972. How to Know the Spiders. Wm C. Brown Company Publishers, Dubuque, Iowa. 272 p.
Paquin, P., D. J. Buckle, N. Duperre, and C. D. Dondale. 2010. Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Canada and Alaska. Zootaxa 2461:1-170.