Chelicerata

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Noun1.Chelicerata - spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabs
superclass Chelicerata
Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes
Arachnida, class Arachnida - a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wings
order Pycnogonida, Pycnogonida - sea spiders
class Merostomata, Merostomata - used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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The animal food mainly consisted of arthropods belonging to the subphyla Cheliceriformes (Arachnida) and Hexapoda (Insecta), although earthworms (Filo Annelida) were also consumed (Table 1).
Food items n Frequency of (Taxa and common names) occurrence (%) 2006 2010 2006 2010 Arthropoda Hexapoda, Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae (grasshoppers) 7 3 60 12 Gryllidae (crickets) 8 7 70 23 Isoptera Termitidae (termites) 7 42 30 46 Hymenoptera Formicidae (ants) 9 59 70 73 Apidae (bees) 1 10 Lepidoptera Rhophalocera (butterflies) 13 42 Hemiptera Cicadellidae (cicadas) 20 15 Cheliceriformes Arachnida Araneae (spiders) 12 21 70 58 Annelida Oligochaeta (earthworms) 3 12 Other unidentified items 4 13 30 38 Table 2.
Diet and feeding behavior of the White-naped Jay, Cyanocorax cyanopogon (Wied, 1821) (Aves, Passeriformes, Corvidae) in a disturbed environment in central Brazil/Dieta e comportamento alimentar de Cyanocorax cyanopogon (Wied, 1821) (Aves, Passeriformes, Corvidae) em um ambiente antropizado na regiao centro-oeste do Brasil

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