Tags: Arachnid.
Amblypygi is an order of invertebrate animals belonging to the class Arachnida in the subphylum Chelicerata of the phylum Arthropoda. They form a separate order of arachnids alongside the spiders scorpions and others.Amblypygids are also known as whip spiders and tailless whip scorpions (not to be confused with whip scorpions that belong to the Arachnid order Thelyphonida). The name amblypygid means blunt rump a reference to a lack of the flagellum (tail). They are harmless to humans.