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Sparassidae  Bertkau, 1872
Taxonomic Serial No.: 871540

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): giant crab spiders [English]
  
    huntsman spiders [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassArachnida  – arachnids, aracnídeo, araignées, arácnidos  
                      OrderAraneae  – spiders, aranhas, araignées, arañas  
                         FamilySparassidae Bertkau, 1872 – giant crab spiders, huntsman spiders  
    Direct Children:  
                            GenusAdcatomus Karsch, 1880  
                            GenusAnaptomecus Simon, 1903  
                            GenusAnchonastus Simon, 1898  
                            GenusArandisa Lawrence, 1938  
                            GenusBarylestis Simon, 1910  
                            GenusBeregama Hirst, 1990  
                            GenusBerlandia Lessert, 1921  
                            GenusBhutaniella Jäger, 2000  
                            GenusCaayguara Rheims, 2010  
                            GenusCarparachne Lawrence, 1962  
                            GenusCebrennus Simon, 1880  
                            GenusCerbalus Simon, 1897  
                            GenusChrosioderma Simon, 1897  
                            GenusClastes Walckenaer, 1837  
                            GenusCuricaberis Rheims, 2015  
                            GenusDamastes Simon, 1880  
                            GenusDecaphora Franganillo, 1931  
                            GenusDeelemanikara Jäger, 2021  
                            GenusDefectrix Petrunkevitch, 1925  
                            GenusDelena Walckenaer, 1837  
                            GenusDermochrosia Mello-Leitão, 1940  
                            GenusDiminutella Rheims & Alayón, 2018  
                            GenusEusparassus Simon, 1902  
                            GenusExopalystes Hogg, 1914  
                            GenusExtraordinarius Rheims, 2019  
                            GenusGeminia Thorell, 1897  
                            GenusGnathopalystes Rainbow, 1899  
                            GenusGuadana Rheims, 2010  
                            GenusHeteropoda Latreille, 1804  
                            GenusHolconia Thorell, 1877  
                            GenusIrileka Hirst, 1998  
                            GenusIsopeda L. Koch, 1875  
                            GenusIsopedella Hirst, 1990  
                            GenusKeilira Hirst, 1989  
                            GenusLeucorchestris Lawrence, 1962  
                            GenusMacrinus Simon, 1887  
                            GenusMartensikara Jäger, 2021  
                            GenusMartensopoda Jäger, 2006  
                            GenusMay Jäger & Krehenwinkel, 2015  
                            GenusMegaloremmius Simon, 1903  
                            GenusMicrommata Latreille, 1804  
                            GenusMicrorchestris Lawrence, 1962  
                            GenusNeosparassus Hogg, 1903  
                            GenusNeostasina Rheims & Alayón, 2016  
                            GenusNolavia Kammerer, 2006  
                            GenusNungara Pinto & Rheims, 2016  
                            GenusOlios Walckenaer, 1837  
                            GenusOrchestrella Lawrence, 1965  
                            GenusOriges Simon, 1897  
                            GenusPaenula Simon, 1897  
                            GenusPalystella Lawrence, 1928  
                            GenusPalystes L. Koch, 1875  
                            GenusPanaretella Lawrence, 1937  
                            GenusPandercetes L. Koch, 1875  
                            GenusParapalystes Croeser, 1996  
                            GenusPediana Simon, 1880  
                            GenusPlatnickopoda Jäger, 2020  
                            GenusPleorotus Simon, 1898  
                            GenusPolybetes Simon, 1897  
                            GenusPrusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892  
                            GenusPrychia L. Koch, 1875  
                            GenusPseudomicrommata Järvi, 1912  
                            GenusPseudopoda Jäger, 2000  
                            GenusQuemedice Mello-Leitão, 1942  
                            GenusRemmius Simon, 1897  
                            GenusRhacocnemis Simon, 1897  
                            GenusRhitymna Simon, 1897  
                            GenusSagellula Strand, 1942  
                            GenusSarotesius Pocock, 1898  
                            GenusSinopoda Jäger, 1999  
                            GenusSivalicus Dyal, 1957  
                            GenusSparianthina Banks, 1929  
                            GenusSparianthis Simon, 1880  
                            GenusSpariolenus Simon, 1880  
                            GenusStaianus Simon, 1889  
                            GenusStasina Simon, 1877  
                            GenusStasinoides Berland, 1922  
                            GenusStipax Simon, 1898  
                            GenusStrandiellum Kolosváry, 1934  
                            GenusThelcticopis Karsch, 1884  
                            GenusThomasettia Hirst, 1911  
                            GenusThunberga Jäger, 2020  
                            GenusTibellomma Simon, 1903  
                            GenusTychicus Simon, 1880  
                            GenusTypostola Simon, 1897  
                            GenusUaiuara Rheims, 2013  
                            GenusVindullus Simon, 1880  
                            GenusYiinthi Davies, 1994  
                            GenusZachria L. Koch, 1875  
       

 References
       
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: World Spider Catalog, Version 22.0, website (version 22.0)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: World Spider Catalog (2021). Version 22.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at https://wsc.nmbe.ch/, accessed on 15 June 2021. doi: 10.24436/2   
  Reference for: Sparassidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Breene, R. G., D. Allen Dean, G. B. Edwards, Blain Hebert, Herbert W. Levi, Gail Manning, et al.   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition   
  Page(s): 42   
  Publisher: American Tarantula Society   
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-929427-11-5   
  Notes: The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids. Available online at http://atshq.org/downloads.php   
  Reference for: Sparassidae, giant crab spiders [English]   
       

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