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arthropod family

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Noun1.arthropod family - any of the arthropodsarthropod family - any of the arthropods                
animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
family Phalangiidae, Phalangiidae - a family of Phalangida
Argiopidae, family Argiopidae, orb-weaver - spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution
family Theridiidae, Theridiidae - a family of comb-footed spiders
family Theraphosidae, Theraphosidae - large tropical spiders; tarantulas
family Lycosidae, Lycosidae - wolf spiders
Ctenizidae, family Ctenizidae - large burrowing spiders
family Ixodidae, Ixodidae - hard ticks
Argasidae, family Argasidae - soft ticks
Acaridae, family Acaridae - mites
family Trombidiidae, Trombidiidae - mites
family Trombiculidae, Trombiculidae - mites
family Sarcoptidae, Sarcoptidae - small whitish mites
family Tetranychidae, Tetranychidae - plant-feeding mites
family Scutigeridae, Scutigeridae - a family of Chilopoda
family Geophilidae, Geophilidae - small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth
family Limulidae, Limulidae - horseshoe crabs
Cancridae, family Cancridae - many of the best known edible crabs
family Portunidae, Portunidae - swimming crabs
family Pinnotheridae, Pinnotheridae - tiny soft-bodied crabs
family Lithodidae, Lithodidae - deep-sea crabs of cold waters
family Majidae, Majidae - spider crabs
family Homaridae, Homaridae - large-clawed lobsters
family Nephropsidae, Nephropsidae - in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae
family Palinuridae, Palinuridae - spiny lobsters
Astacidae, Astacura, family Astacidae - crayfish
family Paguridae, Paguridae - hermit crabs
Crangonidae, family Crangonidae - shrimps
family Palaemonidae, Palaemonidae - prawns
family Peneidae, Peneidae - tropical prawns
family Mysidae, Mysidae - small shrimp-like crustaceans
family Squillidae, Squillidae - crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore
Armadillidiidae, family Armadillidiidae - pill bugs
family Oniscidae, Oniscidae - a family of Isopoda
family Porcellionidae, Porcellionidae - sow bugs
family Orchestiidae, Orchestiidae - beach fleas
family Triopidae, Triopidae - a family of Notostraca
Balanidae, family Balanidae - stalkless barnacles
family Lepadidae, Lepadidae - goose barnacles
family Peripatidae, Peripatidae - a family of Onychophora
family Peripatopsidae, Peripatopsidae - a family of Onychophora
Cicindelidae, family Cicindelidae - tiger beetles
Coccinellidae, family Coccinellidae - the ladybugs
Carabidae, family Carabidae - ground beetles
family Lampyridae, Lampyridae - fireflies
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To place springtails on the arthropod family tree, molecular biologist Francesco Nardi of the University of Siena in Italy and his colleagues analyzed the genetics of cell structures called mitochondria in two springtail species and an insect.
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They suspect it was worm-like and lacked the exterior skeleton that is a hallmark of the arthropod family.
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