''Pholcus ancoralis'' is a species of

spider Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species d ...

of the genus ''

Pholcus ''Pholcus'' is a genus of spiders in the family Pholcidae, with 361 described species as of October 2021. It includes the cellar spider '' P. phalangioides'', often called the "daddy longlegs". This may cause confusion because the name "daddy l ...

'' native to various island groups in the Pacific Ocean including the

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of Japan,

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, New Caledonia,

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, the Samoas, Marquesas and Cook Islands.

References

Pholcidae Spiders described in 1865 {{Pholcidae-stub

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