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Definition of Arachnida

Arachnida
Arachnida A*rach"ni*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? spider.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: They have four pairs of legs, no antenn[ae] nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxill[ae] or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by tranche[ae] or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: Araneina, or spiders; Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and Acarina, or mites and ticks.

Meaning of Arachnida from wikipedia

- Arachnida (/əˈræknɪdə/) is a class of joint-legged arthropods, in the subphylum Chelicerata. Arachnida includes, among others, spiders, scorpions, ticks...
- changed little since that time. Their phylogenetic position within the Arachnida is disputed; their closest relatives may be camel spiders (Solifugae)...
- The **** of the Opiliones (harvestmen) is an intromittent organ that is not present in other arachnids. It consists of a long shaft (the truncus) and...
- Solifugae is an order of animals in the class Arachnida known variously as camel spiders, wind scorpions, sun spiders, or solifuges. The order includes...
- another for the purpose of transport. Pseudoscorpions belong to the class Arachnida. They are small arachnids with a flat, pear-shaped body, and pincer-like...
- monograph by Hansen & Soerensen. These authors recognised a group called "Arachnida micrura", comprising spiders, whip spiders, whip scorpions and ricinuleids...
- Mexico". ArachnidaRivista Aracnologica Italiana. 20: 2–12. Yu. M. Marusik; E. E. Perkovsky; K. Yu. Eskov (2018). "First records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei)...
- Retrieved 24 August 2023. R. I. Pocok (1900). Fauna of British India. Arachnida. McMonigle, Orin (2013). Breeding the world's largest living arachnid:...
- analyses do not recover the two as each other's closest relative within Arachnida, rendering the group non-monophyletic. Most mites are tiny, less than...
- This article contains a list of extinct species from the class Arachnida, with the year and location that they were last recorded. There are currently...