Uropygi

Translingual

Uropygi sp. from family Thelyphonida

Etymology

Ancient Greek οὐροπῡ́γιον (ouropū́gion), from ὄρρος (órrhos, “buttocks”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “tail”).

Proper noun

Uropygi

1. A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – the vinegarroons or whip scorpions, now Thelyphonida.

Synonyms

• (order): Thelyphonida

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Arachnida - class

Hyponyms

• (order): Hypoctonidae, Geralinuridae, Thelyphonidae - families

References

• Uropygi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Uropygi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Uropygi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Thelyphonida at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248