Theraphosoidea
Encyclopedia
The Theraphosoidea are a superfamily
of mygalomorph
spiders. They contain two families
of spiders:
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of mygalomorph
Mygalomorphae
The Mygalomorphae, , are an infraorder of spiders. The latter name comes from the orientation of the fangs which point straight down and do not cross each other .-Description:...
spiders. They contain two families
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of spiders:
- Theraphosidae, the true tarantulas
- ParatropididaeParatropididaeThe baldlegged spiders are a small spider family with eight species. They are related to tarantulas.-Species:The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.* Glabropelmatinae Raven, 1985...
, the bald-legged spiders.