Opisthothelae
Translingual
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Opisthothelae
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Araneae – spiders that have certain relatively modern characteristics: the absence of tergite plates on, and near-absence of ganglia in, the abdomen; the hindmost position of the spinnerets; and the presence of venom glands.
Usage notes
- Opisthothelae is a clade and was introduced as a classification relatively recently to mark a division of its members from the more primitive members of Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template..
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae – order
Hyponyms
- (suborder): Araneomorphae, Mygalomorphae (infraorders)
References
Opisthothelae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Opisthothelae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Opisthothelae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons