Taxonomically
speaking, the Class Arachnida contains nearly a dozen
orders of life forms. Did you know that Arachnida also includes
ticks, mites and scorpions?
Known
as Daddy-long-legs, Shepherd Spiders, Granddaddy-long-legs or
Harvestmen, these arachnids are not actually spiders. True spiders
have two body segments. One is called the cephalothorax
and the other the abdomen. These segments are distinctly
separated on true spiders.
Spiders
also have venomous fangs. These Arachnids have neither typical
spider fangs nor venomous glands. All true spiders have silk glands.
These guys don’t. They do have a totally different respiratory
system. And, they don't all have long legs.
Like
all other Arachnids, Daddy-long-legs do have 8 legs, a fang-like
mouth called a chelicerae, and 2 crab-like pincer appendages
in the area of the mouth called pedipalps. They don’t
have antennae.
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