Chelicerata (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Chelicerata

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Integrative Biology, Prashant Sharma, shows off a preserved sea spider recovered from the deep sea in Antarctica. While not true spiders, they belong to a *sub*phylum of animals called Chelicerata and are a close relative of spiders and scorpions. Sharma studies the evolution of arthropods and arachnids.

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Kelly April Tyrrell, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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