Is a Tarantula a spider? Or an arachnid? Or both?
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If you're reading resources saying that Tarantulas are not spiders, they might be referring to something that's unique to Tarantulas, which is that their jaws move up and down, whereas for all other spiders the fangs move from side-to-side in a horizontal sweep.
But that's hardly enough to say that Tarantulas are not spiders. There's a lot of diversity within Order Araneae (just spiders, without the scorpions and mites and ticks).
If someone is trying to tell you that Tarantulas are not "spiders", then ask them where daddy long legs fit in, which has only one body part.
Now *that's* a spider that darn near doesn't deserve the designation.
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Thank you! Someone else put them in the suborder Mygalomorphae. Any thoughts on that?
Thanks, Albanian. I was just about to say that. :)
The Mygalomorphae are an infraorder of spiders, that's the next level down below suborder. The Mesothelae are the other infraorder in the suborder, but there are only a few of them. Just generally speaking, even though animal classification is a hard science, deciding on the levels to group animals under is more of a judgement call and some scientists sort them differently.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phyllum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Mygalomorphae
Superfamily: Theraphosoidea
Family: Theraphosidae
Thorell, 1870
So, technically, since they are in the class Arachnida, they are arachnids, or spiders. The word arachnid comes from the greek word ἀράχνη (aráchnē), meaning "spider"
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so it is both a spider and an arachnid
you can get more insight here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/arachnids/spider/Tarantulaprintout.shtml
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dude, you have a TARANTULA for a pet? no offense, but EWWW!
What a lovely name for a tarantula! ;)
My pet Chilean Rose, Cadbury, is a terrific Tarantula. We use her for reptile shows, and she seems to enjoy being the star of the show for a few minutes.
"Arachnids are a class (Arachnida) of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function. The term is derived from the Greek word ἀράχνη (aráchnē), meaning "spider".2"
Arachnid is a general identification,outlines what traits an organism must have to be a spider. Tarantula is the species like a wolf and a dog.. they're both canines but they are different species.
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Daddy long legs...
They've been creeping me out for many years! haha :p
Very comprehensive! Thanks!