Sandokanidae | |
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Gnomulus sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones |
Superfamily: | Phalangodoidea |
Family: | Sandokanidae Özdikmen & Kury, 2007 |
Genera | |
See text for list. | |
Diversity | |
5 genera, > 60 species |
Sandokanidae is a family of harvestmen in the suborder Laniatores, formerly referred to as Oncopodidae (the name was replaced because of the secondary homonymy of the type genus Oncopus, replaced by Sandokan; this made the change of family name mandatory) [1]