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Arachnids
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida
Orders
Acarina Amblypygi Araneae Opiliones Palpigradi Pseudoscorpionida Ricinulei Schizomida Scorpiones Solpugida Uropygi Parasitiformes Sarcoptiformes Trombidiformes Ref: ITIS 82708 2002-09-18

The arachnids, Arachnida, are a class of invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. They are chiefly terrestrial arthropods, some 65,000 species including the spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, and mites.

Arachnids are mostly carnivorous, feeding on the body juices of insects and other small animals. Many are venomous - they secrete poison from specialized glands to kill prey or enemies. Others are parasites, some of which are carriers of disease. Arachnids usually lay eggs, which hatch into immature adults.

Orders:

• Amblypygi - "blunt rump" tailless whip scorpions
• Araneae - spiders
• Opiliones - Phalangids; harvestmen, daddy longlegs
• Palpigradi - microwhip scorpions
• Pseudoscorpionida - pseudoscorpions
• Ricinulei - Ricinuleids; hooded tickspiders
• Schizomida - "split middle" whip scorpions with divided exoskeletons
• Scorpiones - scorpions
• Solpugida - Solifugae, solifugids; wind scorpions, sun spiders
• Uropygi - whip scorpions, with legs modified as sensory organs

• Acari - Acarina; mites
  • Acariformes
    • Sarcoptiformes
    • Trombidiformes
  • Opilioacariformes
  • Parasitiformes - Holothyrans, ticks and mesostigmatic mites