Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Arachnida - (Order) Phalangida

Current position

Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949

Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 51; Fernández et al., 2017: fig. 3.

Alternative positions

Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833

Ref: A.B. Kury, 2018: 8; CoL(22 Oct 2024).

Historical positions

Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2023: 51.
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Dunlop et al., 2020: 47.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2018: 8, 13.
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: R. Fernández et al., 2017: fig. 3.
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: P.P. Sharma & G. Giribet, 2014: fig. 1.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2013: 29.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2011: 112.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: A.B. Kury, 2006: Dec 2006.
Phalangida ([unranked]) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: J.A. Coddington et al., 2004: 306, fig. 18.4.
Opiliones (Order) Sundevall, 1833	Ref: W.A. Shear, 1982: 105.
Phalangida (Order) Bristowe, 1949	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	43f;1334g;6s; †1f;9g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Dec 2024	[43f;1334g; †1f;9g]
2023	J.A. Dunlop et al.: 54	[30f; †1f;9g]
2020	J.A. Dunlop et al.: 49	[29f; †2g]
2018	A.B. Kury: 10	[35f]
2017	R. Fernández et al.: 2	[32f]
2014	P.P. Sharma & G. Giribet: fig. 1	[31f]
2013	A.B. Kury: 29	2io;[29f]
2011	A.B. Kury: 112	2io;[29f]
2006	A.B. Kury: Dec 2006	[27f];4085s
2006	A.B. Kury: Dec 2006	[27f];4085s
2004	J.A. Coddington et al.: 306	24f
1982	W.A. Shear	3Sf15f(590g)