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May 4, 2024 · Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, [2] and spinnerets that extrude silk. [3] . They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all orders of organisms.
- Spider Taxonomy
History. Spider taxonomy can be traced to the work of...
- Spider (Disambiguation)
Arts, entertainment and media Fictional entities. Spider (DC...
- Titanoecidae
Titanoecidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first...
- Nemesiidae
Description Burrow of Nemesia cavicola. Nemesiidae are...
- Wolf Spider
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (from...
- Dipluridae
Masteria petrunkevitchi eye pattern. The family Dipluridae,...
- Tetrapulmonata
Tetrapulmonata is a non-ranked supra-ordinal clade of...
- Black Widow
Spiders. Black widow spider, a common name for some species...
- Patu Digua
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- Spider Taxonomy
Apr 30, 2024 · Learn about spiders, the arachnids with eight legs and silk glands, from Britannica. Find out their diversity, behaviour, distribution, and more.
Apr 25, 2024 · Daddy longlegs, (order Opiliones), any of more than 6,000 species of arachnids (class Arachnida) that are known for their extremely long and thin legs and for their compact bodies. Daddy longlegs are closely related to scorpions (order Scorpiones) but, because of their appearance, are often.
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3 days ago · The four major groups of arthropods – Chelicerata (sea spiders, horseshoe crabs and arachnids), Myriapoda (symphylans, pauropods, millipedes and centipedes), Pancrustacea (oligostracans, copepods, malacostracans, branchiopods, hexapods, etc.), and the extinct Trilobita – have heads formed of various combinations of segments, with appendages ...
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4 days ago · Scorpion, any of approximately 1,500 elongated arachnid species characterized by a segmented curved tail tipped with a venomous stinger at the rear of the body and a pair of grasping pincers at the front. Primarily nocturnal, scorpions often play the role of evildoers in fables and legends.
4 days ago · From left to right: a polar bear (Ursus maritimus), a giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), †Paraceratherium transouralicum, †Patagotitan mayorum, two humans (Homo sapiens), †Palaeoloxodon recki, an African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) and a white rhino (Ceratotherium simum)
Apr 22, 2024 · Arachnids are a diverse group of arthropods, represented by well-known organisms like spiders, with 51,164 species described to date, and scorpions, with 2761 known species. These animals inhabit various regions worldwide and are highly diverse in Neotropical...