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CLASSIFICATION OF Spiders

KINGDOM : ANIMALIA

PHYLUM : ARTHROPODA (Animals with jointed appendages)

CLASS : ARACHNIDA (Eight legged animals)

ORDER : ARANEAE (Animals possessing spinnerets, i.e., spiders)

SUBORDERS:

• Mesothelae

•• 1 Family, 5 Genera

• Mygalomorphae (Includes the tarantulas and their closest relatives)

•• 15 or more Families, very large number of Genera

• Araneomorphae (Includes the common spiders everyone can find in the back yard.)

•• 92 or more Families, thousands of Genera

There are over 40,000 known species of spiders, and who knows how many more that have yet to be discovered and classified.