Tarantula

Tarantula
	Mexican redknee tarantula
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Cless:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Faimily:	Theraphosidae; Thorell, 1870
Subfaimilies
	Acanthopelminae; Aviculariinae; Eumenophorinae; Harpactirinae; Ischnocolinae; Ornithoctoninae; Poecilotheriinae; Selenocosmiinae; Selenogyrinae; Spelopelminae; Stromatopelminae; Theraphosinae; Thrigmopoeinae
Diversity
	123 genera, 931 species

Tarantulas comprise a group o muckle an eften hairy arachnids belanging tae the Theraphosidae faimily o speeders, o which approximately 900 species hae been identifee'd.