Anapistula seychellensis
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| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Gerlach, J. | title = Anapistula seychellensis | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2014 | page = e.T196291A2443304 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2014 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/196291/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196291A2443304.en | access-date = 5 January 2018| doi-access = free }}
| taxon = Anapistula seychellensis
| authority = Saaristo, 1996{{cite journal| title=Anapistula seychellensis Saaristo, 1996| website=World Spider Catalog |version=25.5| access-date=2024-11-28| year=2024| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/35673/Anapistula_seychellensis| doi=10.24436/2}}
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Anapistula seychellensis is a species of araneomorph spider that is endemic to the islands of Silhouette, Praslin and Curieuse in the Seychelles.{{cite journal |last1=Saaristo |first1=Michael I. |title=Symphytognathidae (Arachnida, Araneae), a new spider family for the granitic islands of Seychelles |journal=Phelsuma |date=1996 |volume=4 |pages=53-56 |url=https://islandbiodiversity.com/Phelsuma%204-6.pdf |access-date=28 November 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Gerlach |first1=Justin |last2=Marusik |first2=Yuri M. |last3=Saaristo |first3=Michael I. |title=Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands |date=2010 |publisher=Siri scientific press |location=Manchester |isbn=9780955863684 |pages=8-306}} It was first described by Michael Saaristo in 1996. It can be found in woodland habitats in leaf litter. It is threatened by habitat degradation caused by invasive plant species, especially Cinnamomum verum.
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Category:Spiders described in 1996
Category:Endemic fauna of Seychelles
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