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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: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassArachnida  – arachnids, aracnídeo, araignées, arácnidos  
                      OrderAraneae  – spiders, aranhas, araignées, arañas  
    Direct Children:  
                         FamilyActinopodidae Simon, 1892 – mouse spiders 
                         FamilyAgelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837 – funnel weavers 
                         FamilyAmaurobiidae Thorell, 1870 – hackledmesh weavers 
                         FamilyAmmoxenidae Simon, 1893 – ammoxenid spiders 
                         FamilyAmphinectidae Forster & Wilton, 1973 – amphinectid spiders 
                         FamilyAnapidae Simon, 1895 – anapid spiders 
                         FamilyAntrodiaetidae Gertsch, in Comstock, 1940 – foldingdoor spiders 
                         FamilyAnyphaenidae Bertkau, 1878 – ghost spiders 
                         FamilyAraneidae Clerck, 1757 – orbweavers 
                         FamilyArchaeidae Koch & Berendt, 1854 – archaeid spiders 
                         FamilyArkyidae L. Koch, 1872  
                         FamilyAtypidae Thorell, 1870 – purseweb spiders 
                         FamilyAustrochilidae Zapfe, 1955 – austrochilid spiders 
                         FamilyBarychelidae Simon, 1889 – brushfooted trapdoor spiders 
                         FamilyCaponiidae Simon, 1890 – caponiid spiders 
                         FamilyChummidae Jocqué, 2001 – chummid spiders 
                         FamilyCithaeronidae Simon, 1893 – cithaeronid spiders 
                         FamilyClubionidae Wagner, 1887 – sac spiders 
                         FamilyCorinnidae Karsch, 1880 – antmimic spiders 
                         FamilyCtenidae Keyserling, 1877 – wandering spiders 
                         FamilyCtenizidae Thorell, 1887 – trapdoor spiders 
                         FamilyCyatholipidae Simon, 1894 – cyatholipid spiders 
                         FamilyCybaeidae Banks, 1892 – water spiders 
                         FamilyCycloctenidae Simon, 1898 – scuttling spiders 
                         FamilyCyrtaucheniidae Simon, 1889 – cyrtaucheiid spiders 
                         FamilyDeinopidae C. L. Koch, 1850 – ogrefaced spiders 
                         FamilyDesidae Pocock, 1895 – desid spiders 
                         FamilyDictynidae O. P.-Cambridge, 1871 – meshweavers 
                         FamilyDiguetidae F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 – desertshrub spiders 
                         FamilyDipluridae Simon, 1889 – funnelweb spiders 
                         FamilyDrymusidae Simon, 1893 – drymusid spiders 
                         FamilyDysderidae C. L. Koch, 1837 – dysderid spiders 
                         FamilyEresidae C. L. Koch, 1850 – eresid spiders 
                         FamilyFilistatidae Ausserer, 1867 – crevice weavers 
                         FamilyGallieniellidae Millot, 1947 – gallieniellid spiders 
                         FamilyGnaphosidae Pocock, 1898 – stealthy ground spiders 
                         FamilyGradungulidae Forster, 1955 – gradungulid spiders 
                         FamilyHahniidae Bertkau, 1878 – hahniid spiders 
                         FamilyHersiliidae Thorell, 1870 – longspinneret spiders 
                         FamilyHexathelidae Simon, 1892 – Australian funnelweb spiders 
                         FamilyHolarchaeidae Forster & Platnick, 1984 – holarchaeid spiders 
                         FamilyHomalonychidae Simon, 1893 – dusty desert spiders 
                         FamilyHuttoniidae Simon, 1893 – huttoniid spiders 
                         FamilyHypochilidae Marx, 1888 – lampshade weavers 
                         FamilyIdiopidae Simon, 1889 – armored trapdoor spiders 
                         FamilyLamponidae Simon, 1893 – whitetailed spiders 
                         FamilyLeptonetidae Simon, 1890 – cave spiders 
                         FamilyLinyphiidae Blackwall, 1859 – dwarf weavers, sheetweb weavers 
                         FamilyLiocranidae Simon, 1897 – liocranid spiders 
                         FamilyLiphistiidae Thorell, 1869 – segmented trapdoor spiders 
                         FamilyLycosidae Sundevall, 1833 – wolf spiders 
                         FamilyMalkaridae Davies, 1980 – shield spiders 
                         FamilyMecicobothriidae Holmberg, 1882 – mecicobothriid spiders 
                         FamilyMecysmaucheniidae Simon, 1895 – mecysmaucheniid spiders 
                         FamilyMicropholcommatidae Hickman, 1944 – micropholcommatid spiders 
                         FamilyMicrostigmatidae Roewer, 1942 – microstigmatid spiders 
                         FamilyMigidae Simon, 1889 – tree trapdoor spiders 
                         FamilyMimetidae Simon, 1881 – pirate spiders 
                         FamilyMiturgidae Simon, 1886 – prowling spiders 
                         FamilyMysmenidae Petrunkevitch, 1928 – dwarf cobweb weavers 
                         FamilyNemesiidae Simon, 1889 – wishbone spiders, tubetrapdoor spiders 
                         FamilyNesticidae Simon, 1894 – cave cobweb spiders 
                         FamilyNicodamidae Simon, 1897 – nicodamid spiders 
                         FamilyOchyroceratidae Fage, 1912 – ochyroceratid spiders 
                         FamilyOecobiidae Blackwall, 1862 – flatmesh weavers 
                         FamilyOonopidae Simon, 1890 – dwarf sixeyed spiders 
                         FamilyOrsolobidae Cooke, 1965 – orsolobid spiders 
                         FamilyOxyopidae Thorell, 1870 – lynx spiders 
                         FamilyPalpimanidae Thorell, 1870 – palpimanid spiders 
                         FamilyPararchaeidae Forster & Platnick, 1984 – pararchaeid spiders 
                         FamilyParatropididae Simon, 1889 – baldlegged spiders 
                         FamilyPeriegopidae Simon, 1893 – periegopid spiders 
                         FamilyPhilodromidae Thorell, 1870 – running crab spiders 
                         FamilyPholcidae C. L. Koch, 1850 – daddylongleg spiders, cellar spiders 
                         FamilyPhyxelididae Lehtinen, 1967 – phyxelidid spiders 
                         FamilyPimoidae Wunderlich, 1986 – pimoid spiders 
                         FamilyPisauridae Simon, 1890 – nursery web spiders 
                         FamilyPlectreuridae Simon, 1893 – plectreurid spiders 
                         FamilyPsechridae Simon, 1890 – psechrid spiders 
                         FamilySalticidae Blackwall, 1841 – jumping spiders 
                         FamilyScytodidae Blackwall, 1864 – spitting spiders 
                         FamilySegestriidae Simon, 1893 – tunnel spiders 
                         FamilySelenopidae Simon, 1897 – selenopid crab spiders 
                         FamilySenoculidae Simon, 1890 – senoculid spiders 
                         FamilySicariidae Keyserling, 1880 – sixeyed sicariid spiders 
                         FamilySinopimoidae Li & Wunderlich, 2008  
                         FamilySparassidae Bertkau, 1872 – giant crab spiders, huntsman spiders 
                         FamilyStenochilidae Thorell, 1873 – stenochilid spiders 
                         FamilyStiphidiidae Dalmas, 1917 – stiphidiid spiders 
                         FamilySymphytognathidae Hickman, 1931 – dwarf orbweavers 
                         FamilySynaphridae Wunderlich, 1986  
                         FamilySynotaxidae Simon, 1894 – synotaxid spiders 
                         FamilyTelemidae Fage, 1913 – telemid spiders 
                         FamilyTengellidae Dahl, 1908 – tengellid spiders 
                         FamilyTetrablemmidae O. P.-Cambridge, 1873 – tetrablemmid spiders 
                         FamilyTetragnathidae Menge, 1866 – longjawed orbweavers 
                         FamilyTheraphosidae Thorell, 1869 – tarantulas 
                         FamilyTheridiidae Sundevall, 1833 – cobweb weavers 
                         FamilyTheridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 – ray orbweavers 
                         FamilyThomisidae Sundevall, 1833 – crab spiders 
                         FamilyTitanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967 – titanoecid spiders 
                         FamilyTrechaleidae Simon, 1890 – trechaleid spiders 
                         FamilyTrochanteriidae Karsch, 1879 – trochanteriid spiders 
                         FamilyTrogloraptoridae Griswold, Audisio & Ledford, 2012  
                         FamilyUloboridae Thorell, 1869 – hackled orbweavers 
                         FamilyZodariidae Thorell, 1881 – zodariid spiders 
                         FamilyZoridae F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1893 – zorid spiders 
                         FamilyZorocratidae Dahl, 1913 – zorocratid spiders 
                         FamilyZoropsidae Bertkau, 1882 – zoropsid spiders 
       

 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): Giribet, Gonzalo, and G. Hormiga, revisers, in Brusca, Richard C., Gonzalo Giribet, and Wendy Moore   
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 24: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Chelicerata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Fourth Edition   
  Page(s): 801-855   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780197554418   
  Notes: Chapter revised by Gonzalo Giribet and Gustavo Hormiga   
  Reference for: Araneae   
       
  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   
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  Reference for: Araneae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Araneae   
       

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