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    Ricinulei is a small order of arachnids. Like most arachnids, they are predatory, eating small arthropods. They occur today in west-central Africa (Ricinoides)...
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    so that these animals appear to have ten legs. The larvae of mites and Ricinulei have only six legs; a fourth pair usually appears when they moult into...
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    lateral plates. This character is shared with ricinuleids (Ricinulei) (see also Ricinulei#Relationships). As in other arachnids, the body is divided into...
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    Cryptocellus (category Ricinulei)
    Cryptocellus is an arachnid genus in the order Ricinulei, first described by John Westwood in 1874. It is native to the Neotropics. As of October 2022[update]...
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    Arachnid Orders of the World: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. Canberra, AU: CSIRO Publishing. doi:10.1071/9780643090071...
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    lungs absent; microwhip scorpions, harvestmen, Acarina, pseudoscorpions, Ricinulei, and sunspiders Tetrapulmonata have two pairs of book lungs found on the...
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    arachnid orders of the world: Amblypygi, Uropygi, Schizomida, Palpigradi, Ricinulei and Solifugae. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 3–58. ISBN 978-0-643-06805-6. Engel...
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    Arachnida, with a 2019 molecular analysis placing them as the sister group of Ricinulei. The family name Limulidae comes from the genus Limulus, from the word...
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    sub-chelate (pincer-like) pedipalps are found in several arachnid groups (Ricinulei, Uropygi, scorpions and pseudoscorpions) but the chelae in most of these...
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    studies place Xiphosura within Arachnida, often as the sister group of Ricinulei; included among them are taxonomically comprehensive analyses of both...
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