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Marbled cellar spider

Holocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763)

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The marbled cellar spider (Holocnemus pluchei) is a species in the family Pholcidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 6.26 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 3 countries: Algeria, Egypt and Greece.

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Quick facts about the marbled cellar spider

Weight
Not recorded
Length
6.26 mm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
3 countriessrc for Countries on record

How big is the marbled cellar spider?

MARBLED CELLAR SPIDER · LENGTH 6.26 MMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.26 mm, the recorded maximum length of the marbled cellar spider is about 0.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the marbled cellar spider live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The marbled cellar spider is listed for 3 countries.

AlgeriaGreeceEgypt
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Algeria
  2. Egypt
  3. Greece

Why a country list is not a range map

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the marbled cellar spider as introduced in 5 countries.

  1. Belgium
  2. France
  3. Germany
  4. United Kingdom
  5. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the marbled cellar spider endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the marbled cellar spider classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classArachnida
  4. orderAraneae
  5. familyPholcidae
  6. genusHolocnemus
  7. SpeciesHolocnemus pluchei (Scopoli, 1763)

Synonyms Aranea pluchii, Holocnemus barbarus, Holocnemus impressus, Holocnemus rivulatus, Holocnemus ruralis, Pholcus barbarus, Pholcus impressus, Pholcus pluchii, Pholcus rivulatus, Pholcus ruralis

Other names and names in other languages (20)
  • عنكبوت القبو الرخاميArabic
  • Monja PintadaCatalan
  • třesavka jižníCzech
  • Marmoreret mejeredderkopDanish
  • MarmorzitterspinneGerman
  • Araña de bodega jaspeadaSpanish
  • Pholque de PlucheFrench
  • רועד חומפסHebrew
  • Mramorni podrumski paukCroatian
  • márványos álkaszáspókHungarian
  • Ragno ballerinoItalian
  • MarmertrilspinDutch
  • trasavka južnáSlovak
  • Мраморни подрумски паукSerbian
  • Kiler ÖrümceğiTurkish
  • מרעידן חומפסHebrew
  • Ragno ballerino di cantinaItalian
  • Ragno delle cantineItalian
  • Ragno di cantina marmorizzatoItalian
  • Ragno zampelungheItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the marbled cellar spider

Other species in the same genus Holocnemus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the marbled cellar spider?

An adult marbled cellar spider measures 6.26 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the marbled cellar spider live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the marbled cellar spider for 3 countries: Algeria, Egypt and Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the marbled cellar spider an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the marbled cellar spider as introduced in 5 countries: Belgium, France, Germany, United Kingdom and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the marbled cellar spider?

The marbled cellar spider (Holocnemus pluchei) belongs to the family Pholcidae in the order Araneae.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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@misc{marbled_cellar_spider_2026,
  title = {Marbled cellar spider (Holocnemus pluchei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/marbled-cellar-spider},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}