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Amblypygi  Thorell, 1883
Taxonomic Serial No.: 690744

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Order  
  Synonym(s): Amblypigi
 
  Common Name(s): whip-spiders [English]
  
    amblypygids [English]
  
    tail-less whip scorpions [English]
  
    whip spiders [English]
  
    amblipígio [Portuguese]
  
    tailless whip scorpions [English]
  
    whip scorpions [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassArachnida  – arachnids, aracnídeo, araignées, arácnidos  
                      OrderAmblypygi Thorell, 1883 – whip-spiders, amblypygids, tail-less whip scorpions, whip spiders, amblipígio, tailless whip scorpions, whip scorpions  
    Direct Children:  
                         Suborder Euamblypygi Weygoldt, 1996  
                         Suborder Paleoamblypygi Weygoldt, 1996  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Dr. Mark S. Harvey  
  Notes: Senior Curator & Head, Dept. of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, AUSTRALIA   
  Reference for: Amblypygi    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Smaller Arachnid Orders Catalogue (SAOCat), database (version Oct. 2007)  
  Acquired: 2007   
  Notes: Maintained by Dr. Mark Harvey   
  Reference for: Amblypygi   
       
  Source: Whip spiders of the World, database (version 1.0 (2013))  
  Acquired: 2019   
  Notes: Harvey, M.S. (2013). Whip spiders of the World, version 1.0. Western Australian Museum, Perth. http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues/whip-spiders   
  Reference for: Amblypygi   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Giribet, Gonzalo, and G. Hormiga, revisers, in Brusca, Richard C., Gonzalo Giribet, and Wendy Moore  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 24: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Chelicerata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Fourth Edition   
  Page(s): 801-855   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780197554418   
  Notes: Chapter revised by Gonzalo Giribet and Gustavo Hormiga   
  Reference for: Amblypygi   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Harvey, Mark S.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: The neglected cousins: what do we know about the smaller arachnid orders?   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Journal of Arachnology, vol. 30, no. 2   
  Page(s): 357-372   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0160-8202   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Amblypygi, whip-spiders [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Harvey, Mark S.  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Smaller Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae   
  Page(s): xi + 400   
  Publisher: CSIRO Publishing   
  Publication Place: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-643-06805-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Amblypygi, amblypygids [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Amblypygi   
       

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