Uropygi

Translingual

Uropygi sp. from family Thelyphonida

Etymology

Ancient Greek οὐροπῡ́γιον (ouropū́gion), from ὄρρος (órrhos, “buttocks”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “tail”).

Proper noun

Uropygi

A taxonomic order within the class Arachnida – the vinegarroons or whip scorpions, now Thelyphonida.

Synonyms

(order): Thelyphonida

Hypernyms

(order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Chelicerata - subphylum; Arachnida - class

Hyponyms

(order): Hypoctonidae, Geralinuridae, Thelyphonidae - families

References

Uropygi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Uropygi on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Uropygi on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Thelyphonida at the Tree of Life Web Project
Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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