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Arthropoda is the largest phylum in the animal kingdom; about 84 percent of all known species of animals fall into this category. Lobsters, crabs, spiders, mites, insects, centipedes, and millipedes are all arthropods.
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redback
redback, (Latrodectus hasselti), species of comb-footed spider (family Theridiidae) that is native to Australia,......
sac spider
sac spider, (family Clubionidae), any member of a relatively common, widespread family of spiders (order Araneida)......
sand flea
sand flea, any of more than 60 terrestrial crustaceans of the family Talitridae (order Amphipoda) that are notable......
scampi
scampi, (Nephrops norvegicus), edible lobster of the order Decapoda (class Crustacea). It is widespread in the......
scorpion
scorpion, (order Scorpiones or Scorpionida), any of approximately 1,500 elongated arachnid species characterized......
sea spider
sea spider, any of the spiderlike marine animals comprising the class Pycnogonida (also called Pantopoda) of the......
sheet-web weaver
sheet-web weaver, (family Linyphiidae), a rather common group of small spiders (order Araneida) numbering about......
shrimp
shrimp, any of the approximately 2,000 species of the suborder Natantia (order Decapoda of the class Crustacea).......
silk spider
silk spider, (genus Nephila), any of a genus of the class Arachnida (phylum Arthropoda), so named because of the......
skeleton shrimp
skeleton shrimp, any of certain marine crustaceans of the family Caprellidae (order Amphipoda), particularly of......
sow bug
sow bug, any of certain small, terrestrial crustaceans of the order Isopoda, especially members of the genus Oniscus.......
spider crab
spider crab, any species of the decapod family Majidae (or Maiidae; class Crustacea). Spider crabs, which have......
spitting spider
spitting spider, any member of the family Scytodidae (order Araneida). Most species have six pearly-white eyes......
springtail
springtail, (order Collembola), any of approximately 6,000 small, primitive, wingless insects that range in length......
sunspider
sunspider, (order Solifugae), any of more than 1,000 species of the arthropod class Arachnida whose common name......
swimming crab
swimming crab, any member of the family Portunidae (order Decapoda of the class Crustacea, phylum Arthropoda).......
symphylan
symphylan, (class Symphyla), any of a group of insects that are often included with the centipedes (Chilopoda)......
tadpole shrimp
tadpole shrimp, (order Notostraca), any member of a small group of crustaceans (subclass Branchiopoda, phylum Arthropoda),......
tailless whip scorpion
tailless whip scorpion, (order Amblypygi, sometimes Phrynichida), any of 70 species of the arthropod class Arachnida......
tanaid
tanaid, any of more than 550 species of small, bottom-dwelling marine and brackish-water crustaceans constituting......
tarantula
tarantula, (family Theraphosidae), any of more than 1,000 species and some 160 genera of hairy and generally large......
tick
tick, (suborder Ixodida), any of about 825 species of invertebrates in the order Parasitiformes (subclass Acari).......
trap-door spider
trap-door spider, any member of the spider family Ctenizidae and certain members of the families Antrodiaetidae,......
trilobite
trilobite, any member of a group of extinct fossil arthropods easily recognized by their distinctive three-lobed,......
velvet crab
velvet crab, any of certain species in the swimming crab (q.v.)...
vinegarroon
vinegarroon, species of whip scorpion...
wandering spider
wandering spider, (family Ctenidae), any member of the family Ctenidae (order Araneida), a small group of large......
water flea
water flea, any member of the crustacean order Anomopoda (class Branchiopoda), a large group containing about 450......
water spider
water spider, (Argyroneta aquatica), species of aquatic spider that is the only spider known to spend nearly its......
whale louse
whale louse, (family Cyamidae), any of a small group of highly specialized peracaridan crustaceans (order Amphipoda)......
whip scorpion
whip scorpion, (order Uropygi, sometimes Thelyphonida), any of approximately 105 species of the arthropod class......
wireworm
wireworm, any of certain millipede (q.v.)...
wolf spider
wolf spider, (family Lycosidae), large family of more than 2,300 species and 135 genera of spiders named for their......
wood louse
wood louse, either of two related terrestrial crustaceans, the pill bug (q.v.) and the sow bug...

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