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Opiliones (Laitin opilio, "shepherd"; umwhile Phalangida) are an order o arachnids commonly kent as harvestmen. As o December 2011[update], ower 6,500 species o harvestmen hae been discovered worldwide,[1] altho the tot nummer o extant species mey exceed 10,000.[2]
Opiliones | |
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Hadrobunus grandis shawin its bouk structur an lang legs: ane pair o een an braidly jynt body tagma differentiate it frae seemilar-leukin arachnids | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Cless: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones Sundevall, 1833 |
Suborders | |
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Diversity | |
5 suborders, > 6,650 species |
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