Atypus Sphodros Sphodros_rufines. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - Trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - Spiders, Scorpions, etc. ... Orders Acarina Amblypygi Araneae Opiliones Palpigradi Pseudoscorpionida Ricinulei Schizomida Scorpiones Solifugae Uropygi The arachnids, Arachnida, are a class of invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. ... For other uses, see Spider (disambiguation). ... Families Antrodiaetidae (folding trapdoor spider) Atypidae (atypical tarantula) Ctenizidae (trapdoor spider) Cyrtaucheniidae (wafer trapdoor spider) Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantula) Hexathelidae (venomous funnel-web tarantula) Mecicobothriidae (dwarf tarantulas) Theraphosidae (tarantula) The Mygalomorphae, (previously called the Orthognatha), are a suborder of spiders. ...
Atypus piceus
The atypical tarantulas or purseweb spiders (family Atypidae) consist of only two genera. In the United States these are Sphodros and Atypus, and in Europe, Asia and Africa only Atypus. Atypus piceus File links The following pages link to this file: Atypical tarantula Wikipedia:List of images/Nature/Animals/Spiders Categories: Piceus ... Atypus piceus File links The following pages link to this file: Atypical tarantula Wikipedia:List of images/Nature/Animals/Spiders Categories: Piceus ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ...
Atypus lives in a silken tube parallel to the surface of the ground, while Sphodros usually props its tubes against a tree trunk. The females generally do not leave their silken tubes, but catch insects that crawl on the tube by biting the prey through the silk. Atypical tarantulas have huge chelicerae for their size and relatively long spinnerets (although not as long as those found in diplurids). The males are sometimes brightly colored and wander around looking for females in their tubes. The females are reddish-brown or dark-colored. The chelicerae of spiders are the mouth parts from which the fangs extend. ...
tarantula tarantulaterăn´chele, name applied chiefly to several species of the large, hairy spiders of the families Theraphosidae and Dipluridae of North and South America.
The body of a tarantula may be as much as 3 in.
Braille Braillebrāl, in astronomy, a small asteroid notable because it has the same atypical geologic composition as the larger asteroid Vesta.
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