Cryptomastridae

Cryptomastridae is a family of armoured harvestmen in the order Opiliones. There are two genera and four described species in Cryptomastridae, found in Oregon and Idaho.

Cryptomastridae
Cryptomaster leviathan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Infraorder: Insidiatores
Superfamily: Travunioidea
Family: Cryptomastridae
Derkarabetian & Hedin, 2018

The members of Cryptomastridae were formerly members of the family Cladonychiidae.[1][2][3]

Genera

These two genera belong to the family Cryptomastridae:

References

  1. Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.
  2. Kury, Adriano B. (2018). "Familial nomina in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)". Bionomina. 13 (1): 1–27. doi:10.11646/bionomina.13.1.1.
  3. Kury, Adriano Brilhante (2013). Zhang, Zhi-Qiang (ed.). "Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang Z-Q (ed) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classif. and survey of taxonomic richness (Addenda 2013)". Zootaxa. 3703 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3703.1.7. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1.

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