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Zoma zoma
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiosomatidae
Genus:	Zoma
Species:	Z. zoma
Binomial name
Zoma zoma Saaristo, 1996

Zoma zoma is a species of ray spider (family Theridiosomatidae) that is endemic to Silhouette Island of Seychelles. It was first described by Michael I. Saaristo & A. V. Tanasevitch in 1996. To date Zoma only contains its type species Zoma Zoma. The name of Zoma refers to the belt of silvery corpuscles on the abdomen of the type species. Not much is known about males of the species. Females have a total length, not including chelicerae, of 1.79 mm (.07 inches). It is threatened by habitat degradation from invasive plants, such as Cinnamomum verum.

References

1. ^ Gerlach, J. (2014). "Zoma zoma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T196507A2458882. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T196507A2458882.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. ^ "Taxon details Zoma zoma Saaristo, 1996". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
3. ^ Saaristo, Michael I. (1996). "Theridiosomatid spiders of the granitic islands of Seychelles (Araneae Theridiosomatidae)" (PDF). Phelsuma. 4: 48–52. Retrieved August 4, 2017.

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• IUCN Red List critically endangered species
• Theridiosomatidae
• Spiders described in 1996
• Spiders of Africa
• Endemic fauna of Seychelles
• Araneomorphae stubs