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
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Laniatores
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:

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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. 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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