Araneae

See also: araneae

Translingual

Araneus marmoreus, female

Etymology

From Araneus +‎ -eae.

Proper noun

Araneae

1. A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – the spiders.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (order): Opisthothelae, Mesothelae (suborders)

References

• Spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Araneae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Araneae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Araneae 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521