Spider taxonomy is the part of taxonomy that is concerned with the science of naming, defining and classifying all spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida, [1] …

Nov 12, 2025 · Most of the world’s spiders are divided into two branches of the suborder Opisthothelae: mygalomorph spiders, which include tarantulas and Australian funnel-web …

Dec 16, 2025 · Spiders, classified under Araneae (the largest order of Arachnids), represent a diverse group of air-breathing arthropods known for their distinctive anatomical features.

The following provides a taxonomy showing the families and genera of the spiders Spider ID has covered so far. This is a more advanced tool for browsing the species data available and does …

More than 48.000 species are listed in the World Spider Catalog (2020). These are classified into 120 families. Every day new species are described and estimates reach 120.000 spider …

This key lists 17 spider families along with some diagnostic features to help you identify them. Some of the features, such as the arrangements of eyes, are difficult to determine without a …

Arachnologists divide spiders into two suborders with about 136 families as of February 2025. Due to constant research, with new species being discovered every month and others being …

All spiders share these features because they inherited them from a common ancestor, but today's spiders have evolved to differ among themselves.

Although insects and spiders belong to the same taxonomic phylum, Arthropoda, they look very different from one another. These physical differences are what separate them in to two …

Dec 24, 2024 · A penultimate spider has signs of underdeveloped genitalia and will molt once to become adult. True spiders, or araneomorphs, do not molt past adulthood; mygalomorph …