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Genus of spider-like animals

Cryptocellus
Cryptocellus goodnighti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Ricinulei
Family: Ricinoididae
Genus: Cryptocellus
Westwood, 1874
Type species
Cryptocellus foedus
Westwood, 1874
Species

45, see text

Synonyms
  • Heteroricinoides Dumitresco & Juvara-balş, 1977

Cryptocellus is an arachnid genus in the order Ricinulei, first described by John Westwood in 1874. It is native to the Neotropics.

Species

As of October 2022 it contains forty-five species:

References

  1. Platnick, Norman; Shadab, Mohammad (1977). "On Amazonian Cryptocellus (Arachnida, Ricinulei)". American Museum Novitates (2633): 1–17.
  2. Westwood, John (1874). Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  3. "Genus: Cryptocellus Westwood, 1874". World Ricinulei Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

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Taxon identifiers
Cryptocellus
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