Mesothelae
Translingual
editEtymology
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Proper noun
editMesothelae
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Araneae – certain spiders that retain ancestral characteristics, such as a segmented abdomen with spinnerets in the middle, and are found only in China, Japan and southeast Asia.
Usage notes
editThought to form the sister group to all other living spiders.
Hypernyms
edit- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata – subphylum; Arachnida – class; Araneae - order
Hyponyms
edit- (suborder): Liphistiidae (sole extant family)
- †Arthrolycosidae, †Arthromygalidae, †Burmathelidae, †Cretaceothelidae, †Eomesothelidae, †Parvithelidae, †Pyritaraneidae (extinct families)
- †Palaeothele (extinct genus, incertae sedis)
References
edit- Mesothelae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mesothelae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Mesothelae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons