ARACHNIDA Cuvier, 1812
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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Subclass 85 subtaxa 383 images 110 ident. refs
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Order 92 subtaxa 856 images 65 ident. refs
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Order 17 subtaxa 200 images 15 ident. refs
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Order 5 subtaxa 49 images 8 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Marine

() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press

ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 679 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
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