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Ricinulei

Other Invertebrate Orders

Ricinulei is a small order of arachnids known as hooded tick-spiders, predators of small invertebrates that live in leaf litter and caves across west-central Africa and the Americas. As of 2022, 103 living species had been described, all placed in the single family Ricinoididae.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
Connections

Parent Taxon Of

Source Wikipedia: Ricinulei
Pseudocellus, Species
Source Wikidata: Pseudocellus
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Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ19120, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Ricinulei
  • Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
  • In Group: Arachnid Orders, Lead
    Ricinulei is a small order of arachnids. Like most arachnids, they are predatory; eating small arthropods.
  • Parent Taxon Of: Hooded Tickspider, Lead
    Ricinulei is a small order of arachnids.
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Wikidata: Ricinulei
Wikidata Q19120, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Pseudocellus
Parent Taxon Of: Pseudocellus, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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