| Dicranopalpus | |
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| D. ramosus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Phalangiidae |
| Genus: | Dicranopalpus Doleschall, 1852 |
| Type species | |
| Dicranopalpus gasteinensis Doleschall, 1852 | |
| Diversity | |
| 13 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dicranopalpus is a genus ofharvestmen with twelve known recent species. Three fossil species have been described, all fromBaltic amber, but onlyD. ramiger is currently considered valid.
The genus name refers to the peculiar form of thepalps in at least the first described species,D. gasteinensis (andD. ramosus), derived fromdi "two",cranium "head", andpalpus.
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