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  1. Tegeocranus hericius (Michael) = Protocepheus hericius (Michael, 1887), a type of mite
  2. Tegeocranus latus (Koch) = Cepheus latus C.L.Koch, 1836, mites
  3. Tegeocranus cepheiformis (Nicolet) = Cepheus cepheiformis (Nicolet, 1855)
  4. Leiosoma palmicinctum (Michael) = Tereticepheus palmicinctum (Michael, 1880), a mite
  5. Phrynus reniformis (Olivier) = Phrynichus reniformis (Linnaeus, 1758) / Phrynichus ceylonicus (C.L.Koch, 1843), a tailless whipscorpion
  6. Arkys cordiformis (Walckenaer) = Gnolus cordiformis (Nicolet, 1849), an orb-weaver spider
  7. Gasteracantha cancriformis (Latreille) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758), orb-weaver spider
  8. Gasteracantha acrosomoïdes (Koch) = Acrosomoides acrosomoides (O. P.-Cambridge, 1879), a type of orb-weaver spider
  9. Gasteracantha geminata (Koch) = Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798)
  10. Gasteracantha arcuata (Koch) = Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793)
  11. Acrosoma hexacanthum (Hahn) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  12. Acrosoma spinosum (Koch) = Micrathena schreibersi (Perty, 1833)
  13. Acrosoma bifurcatum (Hahn) = Micrathena furcata (Hahn, 1822)
  14. Oxyopes variegatus (Hahn) (non Latreille, 1806: preoccupied) = Oxyopes ramosus (Martini & Goeze, in Lister, 1778)
  15. Epeira diadema (Linné) = Araneus diadematus Clerck, 1757

German:
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4: Blattgürtel-Moosmilbe (Nymphe). 1,0 mm. Europa.
5: Nierenförmiger Geißelskorpion. Natürliche Größe. Ostindien.
6: Herzförmige Arkysspinne. 2mal vergrößert. Amerika.
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8: Dreieckige Stachelspinne. 5mal vergrößert. Madagaskar.
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12: Dickdornige Stachelspinne. 2mal vergrößert. Südamerika.
13: Zweigabelige Stachelspinne. 4mal vergrößert. Brasilien.
14: Bunte Springspinne. 3mal vergrößert. Deutschland.
15: Fromme Kreuzspinne. 3mal vergrößert. Deutschland.

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Kunstformen der Natur (1904), plate 66: Arachnida (see here, here and here)

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Ernst Haeckel  (1834–1919)  wikidata:Q48246 s:en:Author:Ernst Haeckel q:en:Ernst Haeckel
 
Ernst Haeckel
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Birth name: Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel; Haeckel; Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
Description German naturalist, philosopher and artist
Date of birth/death 16 February 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 9 August 1919 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Potsdam Edit this at Wikidata Jena Edit this at Wikidata
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22:13, 25 February 2006Thumbnail for version as of 22:13, 25 February 20062,369 × 3,326 (1.81 MB)RagesossThe 66th plate from Ernst Haeckel's ''Kunstformen der Natur'' (1904), depicting organisms classified as Arachnida. Category:Ernst Haeckel

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