scorpion: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Scorpiones • Scorpionida

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Illustration showing dorsal and ventral views of a scorpion (Scorpiones), with body parts labeled including eyes, claws, pedipalps, stinger, legs, pectines, spiracles, and reproductive structures.

Chart titled Diversity of arachnids comparing a Silurian fossil scorpion and 11 living groups, including spiders, scorpions, mites, daddy longlegs, sunspiders, whip scorpions, and false scorpions. Illustrations show their varied forms and typical size ranges from 0.1 millimeters to 210 millimeters; fossil anatomy labels identify pincers, pedipalps, legs, and body sections.

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