Schizomida
Sign in to saveSchizomida, also known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions, is an order of arachnids, generally less than in length. The order is not yet widely studied. E. O. Wilson has identified schizomids as among the "groups of organisms that desperately need experts to work on them."
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Schizomida, also known as sprickets or short-tailed whip-scorpions, is an order of arachnids, generally less than in length. The order is not yet widely studied. E. O. Wilson has identified schizomids as among the "groups of organisms that desperately need experts to work on them."
==Taxonomy== Schizomids are grouped into three families: Calcitronidae † (fossil; dubious) Hubbardiidae Protoschizomidae (2 genera, 15 species) Agastoschizomus Protoschizomus