Arachnid and myriapod projects

Research Projects | Updated 1 decade ago

A large spider crawling over the dirt
Aname tepperi
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The Western Australian Museum is currently undertaking five projects relating to arachnid and myriapod research:

  • Systematics of various spider families (e.g. Oonopidae, Lycosidae, Araneidae, Archaeidae, Salticidae, Selenopidae, and various trap-door spiders)
  • Systematics of pseudoscorpions
  • Systematics of schizomids
  • Systematics of millipedes
  • Systematics of subterranean fauna.