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''Roche roche'' is a species of spiders in the family
Ochyroceratidae Ochyroceratidae is a six-eyed spider family, with 165 described species in ten genera. They are common inhabitants of caves and the tropical forest litter of South Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and South America. Considered an ecological counterpar ...
. It was first described in 1998 by
Michael Saaristo Michael I. Saaristo (1938 – 27 April 2008) was a Finnish arachnologist, with a particular interest in the spiders of the Seychelles. The World Spider Catalog lists 61 genus names or synonyms and 109 species names or synonyms of which he is the s ...
. , it is the only species in the genus ''Roche''. It is found in the
Seychelles Seychelles (, ; ), officially the Republic of Seychelles (french: link=no, République des Seychelles; Creole: ''La Repiblik Sesel''), is an archipelagic state consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, V ...
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Ochyroceratidae Spiders of Africa Endemic fauna of Seychelles Spiders described in 1998 Taxa named by Michael Saaristo {{Araneomorphae-stub