Superfamily Ceratozetoidea

Classification · Remarks · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Subclass Acari (Mites and Ticks)

Superorder Acariformes

Order Oribatida (Oribatids)

Suborder Poronota

Superfamily Ceratozetoidea

Remarks

"The superfamily Ceratozetoidea includes nine families of detritus feeders, mycophages, and necrophages found in terrestrial soil and litter, arboreal, and semiaquatic habitats."(1)

Works Cited

1.	A manual of acarology, 3rd Ed. G.W. Krantz and D.E. Walter. 2009. Texas Tech University Press.

Contributed by Jim McClarin on 30 December, 2006 - 8:20am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum
Last updated 8 November, 2010 - 5:55pm

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