Deinopoidea
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The Deinopoidea or deinopoids are group of cribellate araneomorph spiders that may be treated as a superfamily.[2] As usually circumscribed, the group contains two families: Deinopidae and Uloboridae.[1]
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Deinopoidea | |
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Uloborus plumipes, Uloboridae | |
Deinopis sp. with web | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Superfamily: | Deinopoidea C.L. Koch, 1851[1] |
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Some studies have produced cladograms in which the Deinopoidea are paraphyletic.[3] A review in 2014 concluded that "at this time the monophyly of Deinopoidea remains dubious".[4]