ARACHNIDA Cuvier, 1812
(mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Subclass 249 subtaxa 641 trophisms 155 references
Order 49 subtaxa 30 trophisms 82 references
Order 5 subtaxa 3 trophisms 19 references
Order 3 subtaxa 5 trophisms 12 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
ClassARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
SubphylumCHELICERATA (a subphylum of arthropods)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. & Sankey, J. 1961 *** Land Invertebrates, a guide to British worms, molluscs and arthropods, excluding insects ***(Superseded) 156pp, Methuen & Co. Ltd.

Marine

() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1996 Handbook of the Marine Fauna of North-West Europe reprint with minor corrections edition, 800pp, Oxford University Press
() Hayward, P.J. & Ryland, J.S. (eds) 1990 The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and north-west Europe 2 volumes, 996pp, Clarendon Press

ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. British Arachnological Society wiki.britishspiders.org.uk/
Anon. European Arachnid email list
British Arachnological Society 1990 British Arachnological Society Members’ Handbook.
Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 1958 Spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and mites; the ecology and natural history of woodlice, myriapods, and arachnids 228pp, Pergamon Press
Savory, T.H. 1945 *** The Spiders and Allied Orders of the British Isles ***(Superseded) 2nd edition, 224pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Acid Mires

Boyce, D. 2004 A review of the invertebrate assemblages of acid mires Research Reports, Report no 592, 109pp, English Nature

Guide To Identification Literature

Barnard, P.C. (Ed.) 2005 Identifying British Insects and Arachnids: An Annotated Bibliography of Key Works 368pp, Cambridge University Press

Journals

Journal of Arachnology
British Arachnological Society Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society Published for/by:British Arachnological Society
British Arachnological Society Arachnology Published for/by:British Arachnological Society
Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología (S.E.A.) Revista Ibérica de Aracnología Published for/by:Grupo Ibérico de Aracnología (S.E.A.)

Microscopy

Marson, J.E. 1983 Practical Microscopy Northern Biological Supplies

Techniques

Thomas, A. 2012 A Winter Spider Micscape.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 1,488 images of ARACHNIDA (mites, spiders, false scorpions, harvestmen etc.)
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