What is the scientific name for the trapdoor spider?
Ctenizidae
Trapdoor spiders/Scientific names
Ctenizidae is a small family of mygalomorph spiders that construct burrows with a cork-like trapdoor made of soil, vegetation, and silk.
What is the classification of spider?
Arachnid
Spider/Class
Spiders belong to the phylum Arthropoda, along with insects and crustaceans. The order of spiders, Araneae—together with scorpions, harvestmen, and the large order of mites and ticks—make up the class of Arachnida. Spiders differ from other arachnids in having the body divided into cephalothorax and abdomen.
How do you identify a trapdoor spider?
Trapdoor spiders are black or brown, with stout bodies and legs. Some species have paler color markings, or they may have a silky covering of hair. Their bodies are divided into two sections: the thorax (containing the head and legs) and the abdomen. The abdomen is typically lighter and a slightly different color.
How big is the Pine Rockland trapdoor spider?
about one to 1.5 inches
The Pine Rockland Trapdoor Spider is a black and about one to 1.5 inches across, including the legs.
Where do you find trapdoor spiders?
Genus and species: Ummidia sp. Trapdoor spiders live in silk-lined, underground burrows. In the United States, they are widespread in the East and in the Southwest north to Colorado.
What phylum are centipedes?
Arthropod
Centipedes/Phylum
What makes up a phylum?
At its most basic, a phylum can be defined in two ways: as a group of organisms with a certain degree of morphological or developmental similarity (the phenetic definition), or a group of organisms with a certain degree of evolutionary relatedness (the phylogenetic definition).
What is the phylum class order family genus and species of spider?
Spider
| Spiders Temporal range: Pennsylvanian – Holocene, | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |