Phalangodoidea
Appearance
Phalangodoidea | |
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Bishopella laciniosa (Phalangodidae) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones |
Infraorder: | Grassatores |
Superfamily: | Phalangodoidea |
Families | |
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The Phalangodoidea are a superfamily of the harvestman infraorder Grassatores with three recognized families and 220 species. It is not to be confused with the similarly spelled subfamily Phalangioidea, which is also a harvestman superfamily, but within the suborder Eupnoi.
Families
[edit]- Oncopodidae Thorell, 1876 (about 70 species)
- Phalangodidae Simon, 1879 (about 100 species)
- Pyramidopidae Starega (about 50 species)