Amblypygi

Damon diadema

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Amblypygi
Subordines (2): Euamblypygi – Paleoamblypygi
Familiae (5): Charinidae – Charontidae – Paracharontidae – Phrynichidae – Phrynidae

References

• Miranda, G.S. de, Giupponi, P. de L. & Wizen, G. 2016. Two new species of whip spider (Amblypygi): an epigean and a cave dwelling Charinus Simon, 1892 from Belize. Zootaxa 4098(3): 545–559. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.3.7. reference page 
• Blick, T. & Seiter, M. 2016. Whip spiders (Amblypygi, Arachnida) of the Western Palaearctic—a review. Zootaxa 4161(4): 586–592. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4161.4.11. reference page 
• Harvey, M.S. 2003. Catalogue of the smaller arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing, Australia. ISBN 0-643-06805-8
• do Monte, B.G.O., Gallão, J.E., von Schimonsky, D.M. & Bichuette, M.E. 2015. New records of two endemic troglobitic and threatened arachnids (Amblypygi and Opiliones) from limestone caves of Minas Gerais state, southeast Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e5260. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e5260. Reference page. 
• Prendini, L. 2011. Order Amblypygi Thorell, 1883. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 154. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7 (online edition) (PDF).

Vernacular names

Ελληνικά: Αμβλύπυγα
English: Whip spiders
español: Amblipígidos
français: Amblypyges
magyar: Ostorlábúak
norsk: amblypyger

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