Tarantula
Appearance
Tarantula | |
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Mexican redknee tarantula | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Cless: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Faimily: | Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 |
Subfaimilies | |
Acanthopelminae | |
Diversity | |
123 genera, 931 species | |
Tarantulas comprise a group o muckle an eften hairy arachnids belanging tae the Theraphosidae faimily o speeders, o which approximately 900 species hae been identifee'd.