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Members of class Chelicerata, order Arachnida and suborder Aranaea, being regular Spiders. The cephalothorax bears the eyes, mouth, legs and musculature used to move these, and the abdomen contains the vital organs.

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Cephalothorax means 'head chest', and it is exactly what it sounds like. Spiders have one, being the frontmost part of their bodies. Insects have a separate head and thorax, but spiders have their eyes and jaws (head) on the same part as their legs (thorax in insects).

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