African Arthropods

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African Arthropods Project

African Chelicerates

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African Crustaceans

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African Hexapods

African Insects

African Myriapods

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The extant Arthropoda of Africa can be subdivided into four Subphyla (and about 15 Classes). This classification is that followed by iNaturalist (July 2022).

African Chelicerates - Including mites, harvestmen, solifuges, spiders, tailless whip scorpions, and sea spiders.

African Crustaceans - Including branchiopods, barnacles, crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, fish lice, tongue worms, and ostracods.

African Hexapods - Including springtails and insects.

African Myriapods - Including centipedes, millipedes, pauropodans, and symphylans.

Subphylum Chelicerata

Class Arachnida — Arachnids

Class Pycnogonida — Sea Siders or Pycnogonids

Sea Spiders

Subphylum Crustacea

Class Branchiopoda — Branchiopods

Fairy shrimps

Class Hexanauplia — Barnacles and Copepods

Class Malacostraca — Malacostracans, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, amphipods, and mantis shrimp

Class Ichthyostraca — Includes Branchiura, fish lice and Pentastomida, tongue worms

Fish lice

Subclass [[w:Mystacocarida|Mystacocarida] — Mystacocaridans

Mystacocarids

Class Ostracoda — Ostracods

Ostracods

Subphylum Hexapoda

Class Entognatha — Entognathans, including springtails

Class Insecta — Insects

Subphylum Myriapoda

Class Chilopoda — Centipedes

Class Diplopoda — Millipedes

Chilognatha

Class Pauropoda — Pauropodans

Tetramerocerata

Class Symphyla — Symphylans

Scutigerellidae

Arthropods in South Africa

Ferncliffe Nature Reserve
Arthropods on Ficus burkei
Hymenoptera of South Africa

See Also

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