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Taxon: Family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 (spider)
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[Phylum] [Arthropoda] Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
   Chelicerata Heymons, 1901
     Euchelicerata Weygoldt & Paulus, 1979
       Pantetrapulmonata Shultz, 2007
         [Order] Araneida Clerck, 1757 - spiders
           [Suborder] Araneae Clerck, 1757 - tailless spiders
             [Infraorder] Opisthothelae Pocock, 1892 - unsegmented spiders
               Araneomorphae Smith, 1902
                 CY Spigot Clade Wheeler et al., 2017
                   Entelegynae Simon, 1893
                     Superfamily Araneoidea Clerck, 1757
                       Family Araneidae Clerck, 1757 - orb-weavers
                         01 Genus †Anepeira Wunderlich, 2004
                         02 Genus †Araneometa Wunderlich, 1988
                         03 Genus Araneus Clerck, 1757
                         04 Genus Argiope Audouin, 1826, orth. cons.
                         05 Genus †Bararaneus Wunderlich, 2004
                         06 Genus †Chrysometata Wunderlich, 2004
                         07 Genus †Cretaraneus Selden, 1990
                         08 Genus Enacrosoma Mello-Leitão, 1932
                         09 Genus †Eoaraneus Wunderlich, 2004
                         10 Genus †Eochorizopes Wunderlich, 2008
                         11 Genus †Eonephila Wunderlich, 2004
                         12 Genus †Eozygiella Wunderlich, 2004
                         13 Genus †Eustaloides Petrunkevitch, 1942
                         14 Genus †Fossilaraneus Wunderlich, 1988
                         15 Genus Gea Koch, 1843
                         16 Genus Hypognatha Guérin, 1839
                         17 Genus †Luxurionephila Wunderlich, 2004
                         18 Genus †Mesozygiella Penney & Ortuño, 2006
                         19 Genus †Minutunguis Wunderlich, 2011
                         20 Genus †Miraraneus Wunderlich, 2004
                         21 Genus †Mirometa Petrunkevitch, 1963
                         22 Genus Molinaranea Mello-Leitão, 1940
                         23 Genus Nephila Leach, 1815
                         24 Genus †Palaeonephila Wunderlich, 2004
                         25 Genus †Pycnosinga Wunderlich, 1988
                         26 Genus †Pulchellaranea Poinar, 2015
                         27 Genus †Testudinaroides Dunlop & Jekel, 2008
                         28 Genus †Tethneus Scudder, 1885
                         29 Genus Zilla Koch, 1834

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