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Araneae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82732

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Orthognata
 
    Mesothelae
 
    Opisthothelae
 
    Labidognatha
 
    Hypochiloidea
 
    Neocribellatae
 
    Ecribellatae
 
    Haplogynae
 
  Common Name(s): spiders [English]
  
    aranhas [Portuguese]
  
    araignées [French]
  
    arañas [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2011   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
       SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
          ClassArachnida  – arachnids, aracnídeo, araignées, arácnidos  
             OrderAraneae  – spiders, aranhas, araignées, arañas  
    Direct Children:  
                Family Actinopodidae Simon, 1892  
                Family Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837  
                Family Amaurobiidae Thorell, 1870  
                Family Ammoxenidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Amphinectidae Forster & Wilton, 1973  
                Family Anapidae Simon, 1895  
                Family Antrodiaetidae Gertsch, in Comstock, 1940  
                Family Anyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878  
                Family Araneidae Clerck, 1757  
                Family Archaeidae Koch & Berendt, 1854  
                Family Atypidae Thorell, 1870  
                Family Austrochilidae Zapfe, 1955  
                Family Barychelidae Simon, 1889  
                Family Caponiidae Simon, 1890  
                Family Chummidae Jocqué, 2001  
                Family Cithaeronidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Clubionidae Wagner, 1887  
                Family Corinnidae Karsch, 1880  
                Family Ctenidae Keyserling, 1877  
                Family Ctenizidae Thorell, 1887  
                Family Cyatholipidae Simon, 1894  
                Family Cybaeidae Banks, 1892  
                Family Cycloctenidae Simon, 1898  
                Family Cyrtaucheniidae Simon, 1889  
                Family Deinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850  
                Family Desidae Pocock, 1895  
                Family Dictynidae O. P.-Cambridge, 1871  
                Family Diguetidae F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899  
                Family Dipluridae Simon, 1889  
                Family Drymusidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Dysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837  
                Family Eresidae C. L. Koch, 1850  
                Family Filistatidae Ausserer, 1867  
                Family Gallieniellidae Millot, 1947  
                Family Gnaphosidae Pocock, 1898  
                Family Gradungulidae Forster, 1955  
                Family Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878  
                Family Hersiliidae Thorell, 1870  
                Family Hexathelidae Simon, 1892  
                Family Holarchaeidae Forster & Platnick, 1984  
                Family Homalonychidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Huttoniidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Hypochilidae Marx, 1888  
                Family Idiopidae Simon, 1889  
                Family Lamponidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Leptonetidae Simon, 1890  
                Family Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859  
                Family Liocranidae Simon, 1897  
                Family Liphistiidae Thorell, 1869  
                Family Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833  
                Family Malkaridae Davies, 1980  
                Family Mecicobothriidae Holmberg, 1882  
                Family Mecysmaucheniidae Simon, 1895  
                Family Micropholcommatidae Hickman, 1944  
                Family Microstigmatidae Roewer, 1942  
                Family Migidae Simon, 1889  
                Family Mimetidae Simon, 1881  
                Family Miturgidae Simon, 1886  
                Family Mysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928  
                Family Nemesiidae Simon, 1889  
                Family Nephilidae Simon, 1894  
                Family Nesticidae Simon, 1894  
                Family Nicodamidae Simon, 1897  
                Family Ochyroceratidae Fage, 1912  
                Family Oecobiidae Blackwall, 1862  
                Family Oonopidae Simon, 1890  
                Family Orsolobidae Cooke, 1965  
                Family Oxyopidae Thorell, 1870  
                Family Palpimanidae Thorell, 1870  
                Family Pararchaeidae Forster & Platnick, 1984  
                Family Paratropididae Simon, 1889  
                Family Periegopidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Philodromidae Thorell, 1870  
                Family Pholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850  
                Family Phyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967  
                Family Pimoidae Wunderlich, 1986  
                Family Pisauridae Simon, 1890  
                Family Plectreuridae Simon, 1893  
                Family Prodidomidae Simon, 1884  
                Family Psechridae Simon, 1890  
                Family Salticidae Blackwall, 1841  
                Family Scytodidae Blackwall, 1864  
                Family Segestriidae Simon, 1893  
                Family Selenopidae Simon, 1897  
                Family Senoculidae Simon, 1890  
                Family Sicariidae Keyserling, 1880  
                Family Sinopimoidae Li & Wunderlich, 2008  
                Family Sparassidae Bertkau, 1872  
                Family Stenochilidae Thorell, 1873  
                Family Stiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917  
                Family Symphytognathidae Hickman, 1931  
                Family Synaphridae Wunderlich, 1986  
                Family Synotaxidae Simon, 1894  
                Family Telemidae Fage, 1913  
                Family Tengellidae Dahl, 1908  
                Family Tetrablemmidae O. P.-Cambridge, 1873  
                Family Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866  
                Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869  
                Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833  
                Family Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881  
                Family Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833  
                Family Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967  
                Family Trechaleidae Simon, 1890  
                Family Trochanteriidae Karsch, 1879  
                Family Trogloraptoridae Griswold, Audisio & Ledford, 2012  
                Family Uloboridae Thorell, 1869  
                Family Zodariidae Thorell, 1881  
                Family Zoridae F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1893  
                Family Zorocratidae Dahl, 1913  
                Family Zoropsidae Bertkau, 1882  
       

 References
       
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  Source: CRIA-Brazil, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: aranhas[Portuguese]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Araneae, spiders [English]   
       
  Source: World Spider Catalog, Version 11.0, website (version 11.0)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Platnick, Norman I. 2011. The World Spider Catalog, v.11.0. American Museum of Natural History. Database built by Robert J. Raven from the files underlying the website at http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/ DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001   
  Reference for: Araneae   
       
  Source: World Spider Catalog, Version 12.5, website (version 12.5)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Platnick, Norman I. 2012. The World Spider Catalog, v.12.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/iz/spiders/catalog/ DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001   
  Reference for: Araneae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Harvey, Mark S.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: The neglected cousins: what do we know about the smaller arachnid orders?   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Journal of Arachnology, vol. 30, no. 2   
  Page(s): 357-372   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0160-8202   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Araneae   
       

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