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Sparassidae  Bertkau, 1872
Taxonomic Serial No.: 871540

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): giant crab spiders [English]
  
    huntsman spiders [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassEuchelicerata   
                      SubclassArachnida  – araignées, aracnídeo, arachnids, arácnidos  
                         OrderAraneae  – spiders, aranhas, araignées, arañas  
                            FamilySparassidae Bertkau, 1872 – giant crab spiders, huntsman spiders  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAdcatomus Karsch, 1880  
                               GenusAnaptomecus Simon, 1903  
                               GenusAnchonastus Simon, 1898  
                               GenusArandisa Lawrence, 1938  
                               GenusBarylestis Simon, 1910  
                               GenusBeregama Hirst, 1990  
                               GenusBerlandia Lessert, 1921  
                               GenusBhutaniella Jäger, 2000  
                               GenusCaayguara Rheims, 2010  
                               GenusCarparachne Lawrence, 1962  
                               GenusCebrennus Simon, 1880  
                               GenusCerbalus Simon, 1897  
                               GenusChrosioderma Simon, 1897  
                               GenusClastes Walckenaer, 1837  
                               GenusCuricaberis Rheims, 2015  
                               GenusDamastes Simon, 1880  
                               GenusDecaphora Franganillo, 1931  
                               GenusDeelemanikara Jäger, 2021  
                               GenusDefectrix Petrunkevitch, 1925  
                               GenusDelena Walckenaer, 1837  
                               GenusDermochrosia Mello-Leitão, 1940  
                               GenusDiminutella Rheims & Alayón, 2018  
                               GenusEusparassus Simon, 1902  
                               GenusExopalystes Hogg, 1914  
                               GenusExtraordinarius Rheims, 2019  
                               GenusGeminia Thorell, 1897  
                               GenusGnathopalystes Rainbow, 1899  
                               GenusGuadana Rheims, 2010  
                               GenusHeteropoda Latreille, 1804  
                               GenusHolconia Thorell, 1877  
                               GenusIrileka Hirst, 1998  
                               GenusIsopeda L. Koch, 1875  
                               GenusIsopedella Hirst, 1990  
                               GenusKeilira Hirst, 1989  
                               GenusLeucorchestris Lawrence, 1962  
                               GenusMacrinus Simon, 1887  
                               GenusMartensikara Jäger, 2021  
                               GenusMartensopoda Jäger, 2006  
                               GenusMay Jäger & Krehenwinkel, 2015  
                               GenusMegaloremmius Simon, 1903  
                               GenusMicrommata Latreille, 1804  
                               GenusMicrorchestris Lawrence, 1962  
                               GenusNeosparassus Hogg, 1903  
                               GenusNeostasina Rheims & Alayón, 2016  
                               GenusNolavia Kammerer, 2006  
                               GenusNungara Pinto & Rheims, 2016  
                               GenusOlios Walckenaer, 1837  
                               GenusOrchestrella Lawrence, 1965  
                               GenusOriges Simon, 1897  
                               GenusPaenula Simon, 1897  
                               GenusPalystella Lawrence, 1928  
                               GenusPalystes L. Koch, 1875  
                               GenusPanaretella Lawrence, 1937  
                               GenusPandercetes L. Koch, 1875  
                               GenusParapalystes Croeser, 1996  
                               GenusPediana Simon, 1880  
                               GenusPlatnickopoda Jäger, 2020  
                               GenusPleorotus Simon, 1898  
                               GenusPolybetes Simon, 1897  
                               GenusPrusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892  
                               GenusPrychia L. Koch, 1875  
                               GenusPseudomicrommata Järvi, 1912  
                               GenusPseudopoda Jäger, 2000  
                               GenusQuemedice Mello-Leitão, 1942  
                               GenusRemmius Simon, 1897  
                               GenusRhacocnemis Simon, 1897  
                               GenusRhitymna Simon, 1897  
                               GenusSagellula Strand, 1942  
                               GenusSarotesius Pocock, 1898  
                               GenusSinopoda Jäger, 1999  
                               GenusSivalicus Dyal, 1957  
                               GenusSparianthina Banks, 1929  
                               GenusSparianthis Simon, 1880  
                               GenusSpariolenus Simon, 1880  
                               GenusStaianus Simon, 1889  
                               GenusStasina Simon, 1877  
                               GenusStasinoides Berland, 1922  
                               GenusStipax Simon, 1898  
                               GenusStrandiellum Kolosváry, 1934  
                               GenusThelcticopis Karsch, 1884  
                               GenusThomasettia Hirst, 1911  
                               GenusThunberga Jäger, 2020  
                               GenusTibellomma Simon, 1903  
                               GenusTychicus Simon, 1880  
                               GenusTypostola Simon, 1897  
                               GenusUaiuara Rheims, 2013  
                               GenusVindullus Simon, 1880  
                               GenusYiinthi Davies, 1994  
                               GenusZachria L. Koch, 1875  
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: World Spider Catalog, Version 22.0, website (version 22.0)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: World Spider Catalog (2021). Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at https://wsc.nmbe.ch/, accessed on 15 June 2021. doi: 10.24436/2   
  Reference for: Sparassidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Breene, R. G., D. Allen Dean, G. B. Edwards, Blain Hebert, Herbert W. Levi, Gail Manning, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition   
  Page(s): 42   
  Publisher: American Tarantula Society   
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-929427-11-5   
  Notes: The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. Available online at http://atshq.org/downloads.php   
  Reference for: Sparassidae, giant crab spiders [English]   
       

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