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Arthropods with a two-part body (a fused head-thorax and an abdomen), four pairs of walking legs, and no antennae or wings. Arachnida includes spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites, nearly all of them predatory or parasitic.

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Disputed
Member Species/Taxa Count
110,000 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Class 1
Scientific Name
Arachnida 1
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Arthropoda, Taxa
Sources
1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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