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Invertebrates
Notice to scientists: You are invited to write about the invertebrate you study. Submit a 500-1500 word paper describing the predator. Include information about it's status throughout its range. You can include figures, references and photos. Submit your paper to: m.sweeters@conservationinstitute.org

 

Subkingdom  
Nephila clavipes - golden silk spider

Parazoa

 
  Phylum  
 
  • Porifera

"Agnotozoa" ~ "Mesozoa"

 
 
  • Placozoa
  • Orthonectida
  • Rhombozoa

Metazoa

  
 
  • "Radiata"
  • Cnidaria
  • Ctenophora
  • Bilateria
  • Protostomia
  • Platyhelminthes
  • Nemertina
  • Gnathostomulida
  • Gastrotricha
  • Rotifera
  • Kinorhyncha
  • Loricifera
  • Acanthocephala
  • Entoprocta
  • Nematoda
  • Nematomorpha
  • Cycliophora
  • Mollusca
  • Sipuncula
  • Echiura
  • Annelida
  • Pogonophora
  • Vestimentifera
  • Tardigrada
  • Onychophora M
  • Arthropoda
 
 

        Subphylum

  
Nephila edulis -
Golden Orb Web Spider
Nephila edulis feeding on a bee
Chelicerata
  • Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
    (    Spiders, mites, scorpions, whipscorpions, pseudoscorpions)

    Order

    • Palpigradi - (micro whipscorpions)
    • Araneae  - (spiders)

    • Suborder Mesothelae

      • Family Liphistiidae

    • Suborder Mygalomorphae - (tarantulas, trapdoor spiders)

      • Family Microstigmatidae   

        • Mecicobothriidae   

        • Hexathelidae     

        • Dipluridae      

        •  Nemesiidae  

        • Barychelidae      

        • Paratropidae

        • Theraphosidae - (tarantulas, bird-eating spiders)

        • Antrodiaetidae

        • Atypidae - (purseweb spiders)

        • Cyrtaucheniidae

        • Idiopidae 

        • Ctenizidae - (trapdoor spiders)

        • Actiniopodidae

        • Migidae   

    • Suborder Araneomorphae (most spiders: orb weavers, jumping spiders) 

      •  Subfamily Araneoidea    

      • Family Deinopidae - (net-casting spiders)

        • Uloboridae

        • Araneidae - (orb- web spiders)

        • Linyphiidae

        • Cyatholipidae

        • Synotaxidae

        • Nesticidae

        • Theridiidae (cobweb weavers, blackwidows)

        • Tetragnathidae

        • Theridiosomatidae

        • Mysmenidae

        • Anapidae

        • Symphytognathidae

    • Amblypygi - (tailless whipscorpions )
    • Thelyphonida - (whiptalied scorpions, vinegaroons, uropygids)
    • Schizomida
    • Ricinulei
    • Acari - (mites and ticks)
    • Opiliones - (harvestman, daddy-longlegs)
    • Scorpionida - (scorpions and their extinct relatives)
    • Pseudoescorpiones - (pseudoscorpions, bookscorpions)
    • Solifugae - (wind scorpions, camel spiders, sun spiders, solpugids)
 
  • Phoronida
  • Ectoprocta
  • Brachiopoda
  • Deuterostomia
  • Echinodermata
  • Chaetognatha
  • Hemichordata

 

 

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