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Phrynid Tailless Whipscorpions
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Phrynid Tailless Whipscorpions

Phrynidae

Phrynidae is a family of amblypygid arachnida arthropods also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions. Phrynidae species are found in tropical and subtropical regions in North and South America. Some species are subterranean; all are nocturnal. At least some species of Phrynidae hold territories that they defend from other individuals.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Phrynus

genusPhrynus

Heterophrynus

genusHeterophrynus

Paraphrynus

genusParaphrynus

Acanthophrynus

genusAcanthophrynus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133709.