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Spiders, Scorpions & Centipedes



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From The
Zoological Record

The core information for this page is taken from the website of The Zoological Record. The original text has been abbreviated, some taxonomic groups are added, and links to further information have been expanded. For convenience the taxonomic list is distributed among several separate pages.
 

Arachnida arachnids, spiders & their allies --[dedicated site ToL ucmp ummzADW links]

    Acari mites, ticks (Amblyomma, Boophilus, Dermacentor, Eriophyes, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, Oribates, Psoroptes, Sarcoptes, Tetranychus, Varroa) --[dedicated site ToL links]

    Araneae true spiders (Araneus, Erigone, Gnaphosa, Pardosa, Tarentula) --[ToL links]

    Opiliones (=Phalangiida) harvesters --[links]

    Pseudoscorpionida (=Pseudoscorpiones) false scorpions, pseudoscorpions (Roncus)

    Scorpiones true scorpions (Buthus, Centruroides, Tityus) --[ucmp links]

    Solpugida (=Solifugae) sun spiders (Solpuga)

Merostomata merostomatans, horseshoe crabs --[ummzADW links]

Xiphosura king crabs (Limulus)

Pycnogonida (=Pantopoda) pycnogonids, pantopods, sea spiders (Pycnogonum) --[ucmp ummzADW links]

Smaller arthropod and allied groups --[links]

Arthropleurida arthropleuridans, fossil group (Arthropleura)

Onychophora onychophorans, velvet worms, small wormlike creatures from humid environments which crawl like caterpillars, show characteristcs of both the annelid and arthropod phyla (Peripatus) --[ucmp links]

Pentastomida pentastomids, tongue worms, parasitic group of uncertain affinities (Linguatula) --[links]

Tardigrada tardigrades, waterbears, very small animals with a thick nonchitinous cuticle and 4 pairs of unjointed legs (Echiniscus, Macrobiotus) --[links]

Myriapoda myriapods (sometimes grouped with Insecta in the arthropod subphylum Uniramia) --[ucmp links]

Chilopoda centipedes (Lithobius, Scolopendra) --[ummzADW]

Diplopoda millipedes (Glomeris, Polydesmus) --[ummzADW]

Pauropoda pauropods (Allopauropus)

Symphyla (=Symphylida)




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spiders.htm 3/8/2001     Links verified 3/8/2001