Taxa named by William Frederick Purcell

Seothyra, commonly known as the buckspoor spiders, buck spoor spiders or just spoor spiders, belong to a sand-dwelling, burrowing genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Eresidae. The 13 species are endemic to the arid, sandy flats and semistabilized red dunes of southern Africa. They are sexually dimorphic. The tiny males, which are seldom seen, imitate sugar ants or velvet ants in their appearance and habits, while the females hide in and hunt from their characteristic burrows. They are thermophilous, with males as well as females being most active on hot days.

Gorgyrella is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1902.

Galeosoma is a genus of African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1903.

Xerophaeus is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907.

Ctenolophus is a genus of South African armored trapdoor spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904. Originally placed with the Ctenizidae, it was moved to the Idiopidae in 1985.

Diaphractus is a genus of African ground spiders that was first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1907. , it contains three species.

Diploglena is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Caponiidae, first described by William Frederick Purcell in 1904.

species of worm

species of arachnid

Opisthopatus is a genus of South African velvet worms in the family Peripatopsidae. Velvet worms in this genus are found in South Africa, in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, and Mpumalanga provinces, as well as in Lesotho and Eswatini. This genus was first proposed in 1899 by the zoologist William F. Purcell to contain the newly discovered species O. cinctipes, which he designated as the type species.

species of arachnid

Chelypus ('clawfoot') is a genus of slow-moving, burrowing sunspiders confined to the deserts and arid regions of Southern Africa.

species of worm