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Scorpionidae
Family of arachnids / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Scorpaenidae.
Scorpionidae is a family of burrowing scorpions or pale-legged scorpions in the superfamily Scorpionoidea. The family was established by Pierre André Latreille, 1802.
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Srilankametrus indus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Scorpiones |
Superfamily: | Scorpionoidea |
Family: | Scorpionidae Latreille, 1802 |
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