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One day we'll make #schizomids a household name #DreamBig
franzanth.bsky.social franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Apr 26
Story time: one time I found a new species unknown to science during #InverteFest in Dec 2021.

This thing that looks like a weird, long spider is called a schizomid, also known as spricket (short for spider cricket). Schizomids are obscure, understudied arachnids most people have never heard of.
Genus Bucinozomus observed by Franz Anthony
Bucinozomus in December 2021 by Franz Anthony
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April 26, 2024 at 11:48 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
Story time: one time I found a new species unknown to science during #InverteFest in Dec 2021.

This thing that looks like a weird, long spider is called a schizomid, also known as spricket (short for spider cricket). Schizomids are obscure, understudied arachnids most people have never heard of.
Genus Bucinozomus observed by Franz Anthony
Bucinozomus in December 2021 by Franz Anthony
www.inaturalist.org
April 26, 2024 at 11:25 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
Schizomids are so understudied, there are only 300ish species in 20ish genera worldwide. They're also small and brown and barely visible in the soil, unless you really know what you're looking at (THANKS KYM).
April 26, 2024 at 11:29 AM
mmoberweiser.bsky.social
Schizomids are such adorable little creatures, and as I've learned about their biology, they've become one of my favorite animals! #arachnids #arachnida
A small arachid (short-tailed whip scorpion) standing on a green leaf, with its extra-long pair of feeler legs extended.
December 20, 2024 at 2:02 PM
franzanth.bsky.social
you've seen my coolest bugs though, *cough* the schizomids *cough*

but i think you could appreciate this handsome ant-mimic fella www.inaturalist.org/observations...
Myrmarachne jacksoni
Myrmarachne jacksoni in June 2021 by Franz Anthony. Genital photos by Naufal Urfi
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February 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
franzanth.bsky.social
heck yeah bonus schizomids
September 3, 2024 at 5:10 AM
americanbeetles.bsky.social
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Old news but I just learned that Mark Harvey's "Pseudoscorpions of the World" has been joined by similar resources for palpigrades, schizomids, ricinuleids, solfugids, and all your other delightful squiggly, pinchy little friends museum.wa.gov.au/catalogues-b...
October 25, 2024 at 4:54 PM
franzanth.bsky.social
i've heard of schizomids (arachnids) being recently described in west europe because they keep getting transported by the houseplant soil trade, so their exact origins are unknown
August 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
franzanth.bsky.social
this week's recommended creatures are Draculoides schizomids, obscure arachnids that you don't see much on the internet. DM me if you need help finding references.

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franzanth.bsky.social franz @franzanth.bsky.social · Jan 30
Here's the latest, updated list of prompts for #InsertAnInvert2024

What's changed:
- Carcinization and Wormification months are swapped

As always, feel free to interpret the themes as you wish! If you don't vibe with these, we have more suggestions in the spreadsheet: insertaninvert2024.carrd.co
a long list of animal names sorted by weeks and months. they're all invertebrates, covering various groups like crabs, clams, shells, and so on. full alt text in the next reply.
July 18, 2024 at 8:27 AM
amypteride.bsky.social
And for the end of the thread, the pantetrapulmonates: trigonotarbida, araneae (spiders) and pedipalpi (vinegaroons, amblypygids, schizomids)

Thank you for reading & I’ll see you on the next #Cheliceratime!

#arachnid #spider #trigonotarbid #vinegaroon #amblypygid #schizomid
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Trigonotarbida Forwarded clypeus hiding the chelicerae 2 median eyes & little pairs on the sides Complex dorsal lock between the prosoma & the narrowed 1° opisthosomal segment Last 10, 11 & 12 segments folded on the underside, the last to in a sort of “postabdomen” Ventral sac 2 pairs of book lungs 3 claws: 2 large ones & a smaller one Last segment of the chelicera turned into a fang Trilobed opisthosoma with Lateral Lobe/Plate & Median Lobe/Plate Araneae (spiders) Group represented: Araneomorphs Last segment of the chelicera turned into a venomous fang Palpal bulbs for reproduction in males Primitively 8 eyes in 2 rows, but eye pattern highly variable Fovea Patella often shorter than Femur & Tibia No muscles to extend the legs, extension is done by self-regulation of internal hydraulic pressure 2 claws by default, 3 among web-spinning species Opisthosoma often without external segmentation 2 to 6 spinnerets from which silk is spinned Book lungs (1 pair in araneomorphs, 2 in tarantulas & mesotheles) Tracheae (absent in tarantulas & mesotheles) Epygine (female genital opening) Narrow pedicel (“wasp waist”) Sternum Labium Endite (extension of the pedipalp’ coxae to process food) Notes: Spiders are highly diverse, this is an overall generalised body plan. Uraraneids and other stem spiders lineages are based on the same general model but with sometimes a flagellum and doubts about the presence of true spinnerets Pedipalpi (Vinegaroons, schizomids & amblypygids/”whip spiders”) 2 median eyes in & little lateral pairs for species with sight Prosoma in one block for vinegaroons & amblypygids, subdivided like solifuges & palpigrades for schizomids Last 3 segments of the opisthosoma are smaller & forming a postabdomen Telson mondified into a flagellum (lost in amblypigids & reduced in schizomids) 2 pairs of book lungs (only one in schizomids) Tarsus is always subdivided into tarsomeres First pair of legs elongated and used as antennae, loss of their walking function Large raptorial pedipalps Note: This diagram is a mix of both schizomids, vinegaroons & amblypygids to show the numerous features shared by these 3 orders despite their differences.
March 28, 2026 at 5:47 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime !

Today's entry is about a Californian only species of schizomid!

All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more in the thread below!⬇️🧵

#schizomid #arachnid #arthropod #sciart #bugsky #invert
This ground-based arachnid is endemic to Southern California, just like the other species of this genus. It was one of the first schizomids to receive a scientific name 127 years ago. Size : around 10mm of body length Time period : Holocene (Present day) Conservation status : Least concern/Near threatened The animal drawn is a schizomid, an eyeless arachnid walking on 6 legs and using its first legs as antennae
September 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
A lil' word about Hubbardia species and schizomids phylogeny and it's already time to end this post with the usual drawing autofeedback and some refs.

Thank you for reading & I’ll see you on the next #Cheliceratime!
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The genus Hubbardia contains as of now (September 2026) 9 species, all of them living only in California, making this genus endemic to Western North America. Due to being the oldest described species of the bunch, some reports of H. pentapeltis have been made outside of this area like in Florida, but are now seen as incorrect. H. pentapeltis and its relatives are ground dwellers, living in leaf litter and can withstand pretty extreme situations, some specimens having been recorded surviving 5 months without food. Schizomids are close to vinegaroons, and they both were seen as a single order a century ago. H. pentapeltis is a basal member of the sub-family Hubbardiinae, which houses species both in the Americas and in Asia. American ones form a grade in which Hubbardia pentapeltis takes part, said grade from which emerged Asian species. Like several other arachnid orders, the phylogeny of schizomids shows a clear split between old & new world species and seems to have been heavily impacted by Pangea break up. The slide also comprise a phylogenetic tree showing the american Hubardiidae forming a large grade from which the asian species descended. Is this drawing accurate? It looks a bit thin for a specimen of this species, but apart from that it looks fine to me. The colors are a bit flat, maybe a lil’ bit of supplementary shading would have helped. I wanted to give some movement to the drawing by raising this leg but it didn’t come out as well as I wanted. I chose to draw a male for once, in order to highlight the modified flagellum of male schizomids REFERENCES · Clouse R.M., Branstetter M.G., Buenavente P., Crowley L.M., Czekanski‐Moir J., General D.E.M., Giribet G., Harvey M.S., Janies D.A., Mohagan A.B., Mohagan D.P., Sharma P.P. & Wheeler W.C., 2017. First global molecular phylogeny and biogeographical analysis of two arachnid orders (Schizomida and Uropygi) supports a tropical Pangean origin and mid‐Cretaceous diversification. Journal of Biogeography 44, p. 2660–2672. • Cook O.F., 1899. Hubbardia, a new genus of Pedipalpi. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 4, p. 249–261. • Dunlop J.A. & Penney D., 2012. Fossil Arachnids. Monograph Series Vol.2, Siri Scientific Press. 192 pp. • Reddell J.R. & Cokendolpher J.C., 1995. Catalogue, bibliography, and generic revision of the order Schizomida (Arachnida). Texas Memorial Museum, Speleological Monographs 4, 170 pp. Hubbardia pentapeltis - World Schizomid Catalog https://wac.nmbe.ch/order/schizomida/speciesdata/5688#
September 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
mmoberweiser.bsky.social
That's also why I like your video so much, after looking at hundreds of photos and drawings it made so much sense to finally see Schizomids moving around, and to see some context for their size!
December 20, 2024 at 5:19 PM
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RRIDs were included in this in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society paper. RRIDs improve reproducibility in scientific research. #OpenScience #reproducibility #ReproducibleResearch
Unravelling the hidden diversity of schizomids (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) in caves of the Brazilian semiarid
Read the full paper: Unravelling the hidden diversity of schizomids (Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) in caves of the Brazilian semiarid
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March 11, 2026 at 7:01 AM
amypteride.bsky.social
You know the drill, let's first talk about this species naming history, morphology, distribution and life cycle of this schizomid.

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Hubbardia pentapeltis is one of the first schizomid species to have received a scientific name. It was given by Orator Fuller Cook Jr., an American entomologist, in 1899, 46 years before the name Schizomida was coined. This species has also received other names through decades of research, having been housed sometimes under the genera Trithyreus or Schizomus. However, due to zoological naming rules, Hubbardia remained the preferred genus to name this animal. Hubbardia pentapeltis is a 1-ish cm long arachnid, and as one of the first schizomids to have received a name, is often used as a classic template of the schizomid body plan. The animal is eyeless, with elongated antennae-like first legs, 6 walking legs and an opisthosoma ending with a short flagellum, looking almost like a miniature eyeless vinegaroon. The similarities stop here however, the flagellum of schizomid being rather short, pedipals opening in an up-and-down move (while vinegaroons open their pedipalps to their side) and the prosoma’s carapace is divided into 3 sub-parts, all these features being observable on H. pentapeltis. This species is also a good example of how sexual dimorphism works among schizomids, males having a kinda triangular broad, fused and enlarged flagellum (not looking so much like a flagellum in this case tho) whome females preserve a more simple flagellum. Hubbardia pentapeltis is endemic to California, the first described specimen coming precisely from Montenery County in the Los Padres National Forest, at the South of Los Angeles. Observations related to this species can be a bit scarced (and no particular distinction between males & females can be noted), but most of the available data highlight a decrease in activity during Northern Summer.
September 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
This species is among the several fossil species showing how much geogrphy shaped schizomid's evolution, and as always, the usual paleoart autofeedback (it's the first paleoart of this species!) and refs!

Thank you for reading & I’ll see you on the next #Cheliceratime!
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Schizomids are close relatives of vinegaroons, to the point they both were considered to belong in a single order a century ago. A. pseudoannulatus is a member of the family Hubbardiidae, the most prolific family of schizomid, housing species both in the Americas and in Asia. American species form a grade in which Antillostenochrus pseudoannulatus takes part, said grade from which emerged Asian species. Like several other arachnid orders, the phylogeny of schizomids shows a clear split between old & new world species and seem to have been heavily impacted by Pangea break up. The slide also comprise a phylogenetic tree showing the american Hubardiidae forming a large grade from which the asian species descended. The schizomids of dominican amber Antillostenochrus pseudoannulatus is far from being the only schizomid known in Dominican amber. In fact, with Rowlandius velteni and several undescribed specimens, it seems that this order was already thriving at similar levels as today in the Carribeans. A. pseudoannulatus & R. velteni also provide evidence that 2 of the most widespread carribean schizomid genera were already well diversified 15 million years ago. This suggests, like it’s the case with extinct & extant amblypygids from the Hispaniola island, that the current Carribean arachofauna is potentially the direct offspring of the arachnids that lived here several million years before. Is this paleoart accurate ? To my knowledge it’s the first paleoart of this species, so I tried my best thanks to the detailed description of the species! Colors were chosen both by taking modern Antillostenochrus species as reference & by looking at the sclerotinisation levels of the fossil. Since no eyes are known & that visual refs for the chelicerae weren’t always clear, I choosed to place the first legs and pedipalps like that to hide these areas. This part (second & third legs bases) is taken from general Antillostenochrus morphology. REFERENCES · de Armas L.F. & Teruel R., 2011. On the fossil schizomids (Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Dominican Republic amber. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 48, p. 335–336. · Clouse R.M., Branstetter M.G., Buenavente P., Crowley L.M., Czekanski‐Moir J., General D.E.M., Giribet G., Harvey M.S., Janies D.A., Mohagan A.B., Mohagan D.P., Sharma P.P. & Wheeler W.C., 2017. First global molecular phylogeny and biogeographical analysis of two arachnid orders (Schizomida and Uropygi) supports a tropical Pangean origin and mid‐Cretaceous diversification. Journal of Biogeography 44, p. 2660–2672. • Dunlop J.A. & Penney D., 2012. Fossil Arachnids. Monograph Series Vol.2, Siri Scientific Press. 192 pp. · Krüger J. & Dunlop J.A., 2010. Schizomids (Arachnida: Schizomida) from Dominican Republic amber. Alavesia 3, p. 43–53. · Penney D., 2008. Dominican Amber spiders: A comparative palaeontological-neontological approach to identification, faunistics, ecology and biogeography. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17, article 105, 14pp. The ICS international chronostratigraphic chart 2025. Episodes 2025. Online at https://stratigraphy.org/chart Colorado Plateau Geosystems Inc., 2023. North America. In DeepTimeMaps. Online at https://deeptimemaps.com/map-lists-thumbnails/global-series/ Dunlop J. A., Penney D. & Jekel D. 2023. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 23.5.
March 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
khuruuk.bsky.social
I looked up some “draculoides schizomids”, and… I’m not sure my brain is making sense of the picture properly? Are there legs coming out of the top that then protrude beyond the front of the creature?

(I know better than to ask “that EXISTS?!” but I sure want to.)
July 18, 2024 at 5:07 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
Chelicerates comprise diverse groups extinct as extant from spiders to mites, eurypterids or other weirdos, and have a rich evolutionary history going back to the cambrian: they've known a time without land plants, the dinosaurs golden age & now they walk alongside us.

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A diverse group today... Pycnogonids/"Sea spiders" Palpigrades Mites => Acariformes => Parasitiformes Solifugids/"Camel spiders" Harvestmen Ricinuleids Xiphosurans/"Horseshoe crabs" Pseudoscorpions/"False scorpions"/Book scorpions" Scorpions Spiders Uropygids/"vinegaroons"/"whip scorpions" Schizomids Amblypygids/"Whyp spiders"/Tailless whip scorpions" ... as well as a diverse group in the past Mollisonids & Habelids Chasmataspidids 'Synziphosurines' Eurypterids/"Sea scorpions" Phalangiotarbids Trigonotarbids Haptopods Uraraneids & other stem-spiders And other weirdos Chelicerates' evolutionary history Part 1: 538,8-251,9 million years ago Cambrian (538,8-486,8 Mya) First euchelicerates & pycnogonids appear during the Cambrian explosion as small bottom-dwellers and background species, shadowed by other more ancient groups. Ordovician (486,8-443,1 Mya) Evolutionary radiation, chelicerates become major predators & scavengers in various environments: first eurypterids, chasmataspidids & horseshoe crabs, cryptic terrestrializations, numerous bottom dwellers. Silurian (443,1-419,6 Mya) Eurypterids’ golden age, first members of known firmly terrestrial arachnid lineages (scorpions, trigonotarbids) Devonian (419,6-358,8 Mya) Arachnids radiate on land (first harvestmen, mites & tetrapulmonates) and establish themselves as vital parts of terrestrial ecosystems. Modern pycnogonids appear. Slow decrease in mean size and ecological importance of aquatic euchelicerates (horseshoe crabs, eurypterids, chasmataspidids for the main trio). Carboniferous (358,8-298,9 Mya) Freshwater horseshoe crabs & eurypterids. Confirmed ocurrences of most known arachnids orders with ground-based & arboreal members. Radiation of the tetrapulmonates: first spiders, vinegaroons & amblypygids. Pangea assemblage allows terrestrial & freshwater groups to be distributed worldwide. Permian (298,9-251,9 Mya) Cryptic diversification among mites and other arachnids orders. Permian-Triassic Mass extinction: extinction of many paleozoic groups like eurypterids, trigonotarbids & many primitive lineages, acting as a bottleneck for chelicerates’ diversity. Chelicerates' evolutionary history Part 2: 251,9 million years ago-Today Triassic (251,9-201,4 Mya) Post extinction recovery & diversification: large cryptic radiation of spiders post Permian-Triassic extinction (potential apparition of the true spider webs), horseshoe crabs radiation in salt & freshwaters. Jurassic (201,4-143,1 Mya) Continuation of Triassic radiations: horseshoe crabs limited to saltwater, spiders already well implemented in ecosystems with various ecological types, modern pycnogonids groups present. Pangea break-up begins to isolate groups in certain continents and leave marks that will guide arachnids’ evolution up to today. Cretaceous (143,1-66 Mya) Huge ecological diversification of spiders linked to the rise of flowering plants & more modern insect fauna: sticking webs become more widespread, development of ground-based species. Intense period of evolutionary radiation on land for groups like schizomids, spiders or amblypygids, facilitated by Pangea break-up and geographic isolation, most of the modern arachnid families (or at least their ancestors) are supposed to appear during this time. Paleogene (66-23 Mya) Araneoids & RTA spiders’ radiation, including the first jumping spiders. Recovery post-extinction, transitional phase between mesozoic and modern faunas. Aquatic chelicerates now restricted to marine horseshoe crabs & pycnogonids. Neogene & Quaternary (23-0 Mya) Modern arachnofauna on land. Scorpion’s venom becomes potent to mammals. Orbweavers, jumping & wolf spiders and several other spider groups become diverse & worldwide.
March 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
First, some htings about its morphology but this time, we're seeing a bit of history first because the outlines of this species have changed during the last decades, so a little warning first!

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Mastigoproctus giganteus is a vinegaroon known for quite a long time. It was named at first Telyphonus giganteus in 1835 by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas, a French entomologist, who wrote one of the earliest revisions of vinegaroons. It was later transferred by Reginald Innes Pocock to the newly created Mastigoproctus genus in 1894, and became its type species (reference to define what the genus Mastigoproctus is). Mastigoproctus giganteus was, for a long time, seen as a widespread species across Central & southern North America, and this name is of common use among arachnid breeders communities that can have specimens from different localities. However, recent works have split the historical species into a vast complex of numerous more geographically restricted ones, making M. giganteus a super endemic species. To avoid any confusion, I’ll use “Mastigoproctus giganteus s.s.” when talking about the refined current species , and “Mastigoproctus giganteus s.l.” when talking of the wider species complex in a broader sense, but consider that a lot of things are the same between these species. The slide shows a map of Mexico with the only locality of Mastigoproctus giganteus s.s. is in the southern half of Mexico. Mastigoproctus giganteus s.s. is an exceptionally large vinegaroon, reaching 6 cm in body length (flagellum excluded). Like all vinegaroons, the opisthosoma comprise a smaller end sometimes called “pygidium”, which bears the long flagellum extending beyond the main body. Pedipalps are strongly enlarged and maintain prey while the smaller chelicerae do the job of tearing down food. Like amblypygids & schizomids, vinegaroons only walk on their last 6 legs, the first 2 being modified & used as antennae. They relie a lot on touch & smell, eyesight isn’t their keenest sense (2 small eyes at the front & 2 small clusters of 3 eyes each on the prosoma’s sides). Males and females have a lot in common but some features can be used to distinguish them, essentially on the pedipalps. Males tend to have longer pedipalps, while females’ ones are shorter & stockier. The spines shapes and positions also differ between males & females.
February 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
The many groups of chelicerates have ancient and sometimes still unclear relationships to one another. The 4 slides here summarize where we are on the topic, with some grey areas that could change in the coming years.

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The aquatic chelicerates Chelicerates history began in the sea, and numerous extinct groups show this diversification through the Paleozoic. Most of them are euchelicerates, and this part of the tree is still shaky due to how water to land transition happened more than once. This diversity has become very scarce, only pycnogonids and horseshoe crabs remaining today. The slide showcase a large cladogram of marine chelicerates relationships (basal chelicerates, synziphosurines, chasmataspidids, xiphosurans (horseshoe crabs), eurypterids, and pycnogonids). Pycnogonids are separated from all other groups, while the relationships of euchelicerates are unclear, modern takes suggesting horseshoe crabs, eurypterids & chasmataspids being maybe closer to scorpions & spiders than other arachnids orders. The arachnopumonates The most stable & monophyletic part of the sub-phylum, made of terrestrial chelicerates breathing ancestrally with book lungs (sometimes modified in tracheae, like with pseudoscorpions & many spiders) and they have a duplicated genome. Arachnopulmonates are mainly divided into panscorpiones (scorpions & pseudoscorpions) & pantetrapulmonates (spiders, vinegaroons, amblypygids, schizomids, haptopods & trigonotarbids) The apulmonates arachnids Terrestrial chelicerates breathing with tracheae. This part of the chelicerate phylogenetic tree is still unclear and could change drastically in the following years (apart for cephalosomates), ricinuleids being more closely related to arachnopulmonates & fossils lacking to understand these orders’ evolution. They all share non-flagellate spermatozoids. Phalangiotarbids, parasitiform mites & harvestmen are of unknown affinities, solifuges, palpigrades & acariforme mites are grouped together in the cephalosomates, and ricinuleids are closer to horseshoe crabs & arachnopulmonates The mites Long considered a single group forming the subclass Acari, mites are now strongly separated into 2 unrelated groups, the acariformes and parasitiformes. Their similar morphology and small size appear to be the result of convergent evolution. Arachnologists often consider these 2 groups as orders, but here in Cheliceratime we’ll adopt the ranks acarologists use to reflect how diverse these animals are: 2 super-orders, and at least 6/7 orders (the tree below is super simplified). Even tho some groups are well defined morphologically, numerous large clades are based on genetic & molecular evidence. Acariformes comprise eriophyoids (four-legged mites), various endeostigmates, sarcoptiformes (oridatids & astigmates) and trombidiformes. Parasitiformes are made of opilioacariformes, mesostigmates, holothyrides & ixodides (=ticks)
March 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
amypteride.bsky.social
A lil' word about the main subjects of Cheliceratime with a bried introduction of what they are, their diversity, and you can find all the entries in the tree right here!
=> www.canva.com/design/DAG4G...

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What are chelicerates Chelicerates are mobile & bilateral animals, part of the arthropods. They have an exoskeleton, grow through molting and have segmented bodies & appendages. This large group comprises various animals, most of them being carnivorous and walking on 8 or 10 legs: spiders, scorpions, mites, harvestmen, vinegaroons for example, all terrestrial and called “arachnids”, but also the aquatic horseshoe crabs, pycnogonids (=”sea spiders”), the extinct eurypterids & many others. Often called insects, they are in fact far from being ones: they all lack antennae, replaced instead by pincers or fangs called chelicerae. These chelicerae are what bear the fangs in spiders. A diverse group today... Pycnogonids/"Sea spiders" Palpigrades Mites => Acariformes => Parasitiformes Solifugids/"Camel spiders" Harvestmen Ricinuleids Xiphosurans/"Horseshoe crabs" Pseudoscorpions/"False scorpions"/Book scorpions" Scorpions Spiders Uropygids/"vinegaroons"/"whip scorpions" Schizomids Amblypygids/"Whyp spiders"/Tailless whip scorpions" ... as well as a diverse group in the past Mollisonids & Habelids Chasmataspidids 'Synziphosurines' Eurypterids/"Sea scorpions" Phalangiotarbids Trigonotarbids Haptopods Uraraneids & other stem-spiders And other weirdos Cheliceratime entries are also all summarized in the form of a large phylogenetic tree, allowing you to perceive easier how these animals are related to each other. All entries have their respective links to the different social media, and are updated frequently. If you’re on Instagram or Bluesky, check the linktree in bio to access it. If you’re seeing this post on TikTok, look in the comments for the link.
March 30, 2026 at 4:05 PM
frwiki.bsky.social
A pedipalp, also called a whip scorpion, was a large arachnid that roamed the Underdark. They laid their eggs in incapacitated victims, and the young ate their way out.
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Pedipalp
A pedipalp, also known as a whip scorpion, was a type of arachnid found across Toril, especially in the Underdark. Pedipalpi were essentially a cross between the two common arachnids: spiders and scorpions. These creatures came in many colors, mainly shades from green to red.[2][3][4] All had a poison-sack that was the size of a fist and resembled a walnut.[2] There were three types of pedipalpi: Schizomids: small pedipalpi without whip-like feelers and stingers. Amblypygi: medium-sized pedipalp
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July 6, 2024 at 1:00 AM
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(How to) Make Paris’ Arachnids collections great again?

  (How to) Make Paris' Arachnids collections great again? The French Natural History Museum’s arachnid collection is one of the world’s largest. It includes a total of about 3 million specimens from the twelve orders of arachnids: spiders (2…
(How to) Make Paris’ Arachnids collections great again?
  (How to) Make Paris' Arachnids collections great again? The French Natural History Museum’s arachnid collection is one of the world’s largest. It includes a total of about 3 million specimens from the twelve orders of arachnids: spiders (2 million specimens), scorpions (10,000), parasitiforms and acariforms (together as acari, 30,000), pseudoscorpions (7,000), opilions (4,500), amblypygi, palpigradi, ricinulei, schizomids, solifugae and uropygi (altogether 1,200), from all over the world.
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September 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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(How to) Make Paris’ Arachnids collections great again? todayheadline

  (How to) Make Paris' Arachnids collections great again? The French Natural History Museum’s arachnid collection is one of the world’s largest. It includes a total of about 3 million specimens from the twelve orders of…
(How to) Make Paris’ Arachnids collections great again? todayheadline
  (How to) Make Paris' Arachnids collections great again? The French Natural History Museum’s arachnid collection is one of the world’s largest. It includes a total of about 3 million specimens from the twelve orders of arachnids: spiders (2 million specimens), scorpions (10,000), parasitiforms and acariforms (together as acari, 30,000), pseudoscorpions (7,000), opilions (4,500), amblypygi, palpigradi, ricinulei, schizomids, solifugae and uropygi (altogether 1,200), from all over the world.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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I love Schizomids! I photographed one before knowing what they were. I was like: ant! No, spider! No, some other kind of arachnid!
June 9, 2024 at 3:35 PM