• Source: Draculoides bramstokeri

Draculoides bramstokeri is a small, troglobite, Australian arachnid. Often mistaken for a spider, D. bramstokeri is a schizomid — a small, soil-dwelling invertebrate that walks on six legs and uses two modified front legs as feelers. It uses large fang-like pedipalps, or pincers, to grasp invertebrate prey and crunch it into pieces before sucking out the juices. Named for this method of dispatching victims and after Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula.
The species is light yellow or brown, 5 mm long and known to inhabit six caves on Barrow Island and two on the North West Cape in Western Australia. It is threatened by pollution and damage to caves and is vulnerable to extinction. Draculoides bramstokeri was first described in 1995.
The other three described species of Draculoides also occur in Australia.




See also


Threatened fauna of Australia
List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)




References






= General references

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Burbidge, Andrew A. (2004). "9. Invertebrates". Threatened Animals of Western Australia. Department of Conservation and Land Management. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7307-5549-4. The North West Cape Karst Management Advisory Committee coordinates the conservation of threatened animals on the North West Cape peninsula.
Department of the Environment and Water Resources. "Draculoides bramstokeri Harvey & Humphreys, 1995". Australian faunal Directory. Australian Government. Archived from the original on 2012-11-27. Retrieved 2007-04-01.

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• Draculoides bramstokeri
• Draculoides
• Barrow Island (Western Australia)
• List of organisms named after works of fiction
• Threatened fauna of Australia
• List of organisms named after famous people (born 1800–1899)