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Arachnid
class of arthropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The arachnids are a class of eight-legged arthropods.[1] They are a highly successful group of mainly terrestrial invertebrates: spiders,[2] scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites, and a number of smaller groups.[3]
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Left to right: Phidippus mystaceus (Araneae), Pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones), Hottentotta tamulus (Scorpiones), Ixodes ricinus (Ixodida), Heterophrynus (Amblypygi), Aceria anthocoptes (Trombidiformes), Harvestman (Opiliones), Galeodes caspius (Solifugae), and a Whip scorpion (Thelyphonidae). | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 |
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In 2019, a molecular phylogeny study put horseshoe crabs in the Arachnida.[4]