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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Infraorder Araneomorphae - True Spiders

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
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Remarks
The majority of spiders belong to this suborder.
Araneomorphs are the most evolved of the spiders, and are found in an extremely wide range of habitats.
There are two easy ways to distinguish them from the 'tarantulas' or mygalomorphs.
First, Araneomorphs have two book lungs or one pair. Of course, there are exceptions. Three families, Austrochilidae, Gradungulidae, and Hypochilidae, have four booklungs.
Second, the chelicerae and fangs open more or less perpendicular to the axis of the spiders body.