Cryptomaster is a genus of armoured harvestmen in the family Cryptomastridae. There are two described species in Cryptomaster, both found in Oregon.[1][2][3]
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| Cryptomaster leviathan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Infraorder: | Insidiatores |
| Superfamily: | Travunioidea |
| Family: | Cryptomastridae |
| Genus: | Cryptomaster Briggs, 1969 |
Species edit
These two species belong to the genus Cryptomaster:
- Cryptomaster behemoth Starrett & Derkarabetian, 2016
- Cryptomaster leviathan Briggs, 1969
References edit
- ^ "Cryptomaster". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "Cryptomaster genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ Derkarabetian, Shahan; Starrett, James; Tsurusaki, Nobuo; Ubick, Darrell; et al. (2018). "A stable phylogenomic classification of Travunioidea (Arachnida, Opiliones, Laniatores) based on sequence capture of ultraconserved elements". ZooKeys (760): 1–36. doi:10.3897/zookeys.760.24937. PMC 5986891. PMID 29872361.
Further reading edit
- Derkarabetian, Shahan; Steinmann, David B.; Hedin, Marshal (2010). "Repeated and time-correlated morphological convergence in cave-dwelling harvestmen (Opiliones, Laniatores) from montane western North America". PLOS ONE. 5 (5): e10388. Bibcode:2010PLoSO...510388D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010388. PMC 2866537. PMID 20479884.
- Kury, Adriano B.; Mendes, Amanda Cruz; Souza, Daniele R. (2014). "World Checklist of Opiliones species (Arachnida). Part 1: Laniatores - Travunioidea and Triaenonychoidea". Biodiversity Data Journal (2): e4094. doi:10.3897/BDJ.2.e4094. PMC 4238074. PMID 25425936.
- Starrett, J.; Derkarabetian, S.; Richart, C. H.; Cabrero, A.; et al. (2016). "A new monster from southwest Oregon forests: Cryptomaster behemoth sp. n. (Opiliones, Laniatores, Travunioidea)". ZooKeys (555): 11–35. doi:10.3897/zookeys.555.6274. PMC 4740820. PMID 26877685.
- "'Monster spider' discovered in Oregon called Cryptomaster Behemoth - BBC Newsbeat". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
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