arachnology

/ ˌærækˈnɒlədʒɪ /

noun

1. the study of arachnids

Other Word Forms

• arachnologist noun

Example Sentences

Much of what is commonly touted about the spindly eight-legged invertebrates is a misconception, according to Rod Crawford, a spider expert and curator of arachnology at The Burke Museum.

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Very few specimens of this species have been collected in recent decades, with only a single female submitted to the Queensland Museum since the 1960s, the scientists said in a study published in the Journal of Arachnology.

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The two researchers met in the early 1990s, when the Burke hosted a national arachnology conference, and are currently collaborating to report on a new species of trapdoor spider from Hanford Reach National Monument identified by Crawford.

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With the help of the California Academy of Sciences and its curator of arachnology Lauren Esposito, the two were able to classify these species as Paruroctonus conclusus and Paruroctonus soda, respectively, and publish their findings in the scientific journal Zookeys.

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“This study does a great job of really digging into the complexity of something that we’ve all observed but never quantified,” said Lauren Esposito, the curator of arachnology at the California Academy of Sciences, who was not involved with the research.

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