CK12 Life Science

Table 12.4: (continued)

Subgroup of Arach-
nid

Representative Or-

ganisms

Approximate Num-

ber of Species

Description

Opiliones Daddy-long-legs 6,300

Known for excep-

tionally long

walking legs;

no silk nor

poison glands

Many are omni-

vores, eating

small insects,

plant material

and fungi;

some are scav-

engers, eating

decaying ani-

mal and other

matter

Mostly nocturnal,

colored in hues

of brown; a

number of

diurnal species

have vivid

patterns of

yellow, green,

and black