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Scorpiones

Other Invertebrate Orders

Scorpiones is the order of scorpions, predatory arachnids with eight legs, a pair of grasping pincers, and a narrow segmented tail ending in a venomous stinger. More than 2,500 species across 22 living families have been described, and the group's fossil lineage reaches back roughly 430 million years to the Silurian period. Scorpions are most diverse in deserts but live on every continent except Antarctica.

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

Parent Taxon Of

Arizona Bark Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Arizona Bark Scorpion
Asian Forest Scorpion, Species
Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Heterometrus
Buthus Occitanus, Species
Source Wikidata: Buthus Occitanus
Deathstalker Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Deathstalker Scorpion
Emperor Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Emperor Scorpion
Fat-tailed Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Fat-tailed Scorpion
Flat Rock Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Flat Rock Scorpion
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion
Indian Red Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Indian Red Scorpion
Striped Bark Scorpion, Species
Source Wikidata: Striped Bark Scorpion
Uroctonus Mordax, Species
Source Wikidata: Uroctonus Mordax
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Africa

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Asia

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Europe

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North America

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South America

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Scorpion
  • Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)
  • Scorpiones: present tense, 22 extant families recognized
  • In Group: Arachnid Orders, Lead
    Scorpions (order Scorpiones) are predatory arachnids with eight legs, a pair of grasping pincers (or chelae) and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always ending with a stinger.
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Wikidata: Scorpiones
Wikidata Q19125, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikidata: Emperor Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Emperor Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Deathstalker Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Deathstalker Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Fat-tailed Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Fat-tailed Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Arizona Bark Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Arizona Bark Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Indian Red Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Indian Red Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Striped Bark Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Striped Bark Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Flat Rock Scorpion
Parent Taxon Of: Flat Rock Scorpion, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Uroctonus Mordax
Parent Taxon Of: Uroctonus Mordax, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Buthus Occitanus
Parent Taxon Of: Buthus Occitanus, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Heterometrus
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyParent Taxon Of: Asian Forest Scorpion, Taxon record
Quote, Parent Taxon Of: Asian Forest Scorpion, Taxon record
"order": "Scorpiones"
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