Spider Cladogram

Araneae (spiders): 100 families
Opisthothelae (6 spinnerets): 99 families
Araneomorphae (anterior spinnerets replaced by colulus/cribellum; chelicerae diaxial; neocribellate): 84 families
Neocribellate (): 83 families
Araneoclada (): 81 families
Entelegynae (labium and sternum separated; fertilization ducts): 65 families
Eresoidea (paraphyletic?): 3 families
Palpimanoidea (cheliceral peg teeth): 10 families
Canoe tapetum clade (tapetum of secondary eyes canoe-shaped): 52 families