Arachnida

Biology Encyclopedia	Arachnida Author, 3000 “translation of the latin”
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Common Names

Arachnid. Spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites are types of arachnids.

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Linnaean Rank

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Ancestral Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Lineage

Terrabiota, Cytota, Neomura, Eukaryota, Unikonta, Opisthoknota, Animalia, Metazoa, Eumetazoa, Bilateria, Protostomia, Ecdysozoa, Panarthropoda, Arthropoda, Cheliceriformes, Chelicerata

Descendant Phylogeny and Taxonomy

Arachnida	Dromopoda	Novogenuata	Haplocnemata	Solifugae
				Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudoscorpionida
			Scorpiones
		Opiliones
	Micrura	Tetrapulmonata	Schizotarsata	Pedipalpi	Uropygi	Schizomida
						Thelyphonida
					Amblypygi
				†Haptopoda
			Araneae
		Ricinulei
		Palpigradi
		†Trigonotarbida
		†Phalangiotarbida
		Acari

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Distribution

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Information on the Internet

Shultz, Jeffrey W. 2006. A phylogenetic analysis of the arachnid orders based on morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2007, 150, 221-265. http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/mndi/Aracnologia/pdfliteratura/Shultz%202007%20Phylogenetic%20analysis%20Arachnida.pdf