Charon (arachnid)

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Charon is a genus of whip-spiders from Asia and Australasia, first described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1879.[1]

Charon
Charon grayi from Sulawesi on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Amblypygi
Family: Charontidae
Simon, 1892
Genus: Charon
Karsch, 1879
Species

6, see text

Species

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As of August 2023, the World Amblypygi Catalog accepted the following six species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Karsch, F. (1879). "Ueber eine neue Eintheilung der Tarantuliden (Phrynidae aut.)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 45: 189–197.
  2. ^ "Charon Karsch, 1879". World Amblypygi Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.