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CLASSIFICATION OF Spiders
KINGDOM : ANIMALIA
PHYLUM : ARTHROPODA (Animals with jointed appendages)
CLASS : ARACHNIDA (Eight legged animals)
ORDER : ARANEAE (Animals possessing spinnerets, i.e., spiders)
SUBORDERS:
• Mesothelae
•• 1 Family, 5 Genera
• Mygalomorphae (Includes the tarantulas and their closest relatives)
•• 15 or more Families, very large number of Genera
• Araneomorphae (Includes the common spiders everyone can find in the back yard.)
•• 92 or more Families, thousands of Genera
There are over 40,000 known species of spiders, and who knows how many more that have yet to be discovered and classified.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoThere are thousands of species of spider, all in the Class Arachnida and the Order Araneae.
Some scientific/binomial names follow as examples;
Water spider - Argyroneta aquatica
Red knee tarantula - Brachypelma smithi
Jumping spider (from New Guinea) - Salticus perogaster
Lampshade spider - Hypochilus jemez
New Zealand black widow spider/katipo spider - Latrodectus katipo
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∙ 15y agoA scientist that studies spiders is an arachnologist.
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∙ 11y agoIn ordinary English they are called arachnids. In scientific nomenclature the Latin word "Arachnida" is used.
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∙ 16y agoSpiders are called "arachnids" I believe.
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∙ 15y agoArachnologist.
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∙ 13y agoEntomologist.
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∙ 12y agoArachnid
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∙ 14y agoAranea
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