Tags: Arachnid.

Mitopus morio is a species of harvestman. It occurs in North America Europe and Asia.It has been observed to walk using its first third and fourth sets of legs using the unusually long second pair of legs to feel in front of it and probe its environment.

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binomial authority
Johan Christian Fabricius
class
Arachnid
family
Phalangioidea, Phalangiidae
genus
Mitopus
kingdom
Animal
order
Opiliones, Eupnoi
phylum
Arthropod
synonym
Opilio fasciatus, Mitopus borealis, Mitopus californicus, Mitopus montanus, Mitopus scaber, Oligolophus kulczynskii, Oligolophus vagans, Opilio affinis, Opilio albescens, Opilio albipes, Opilio alpinus, Opilio canescens, Opilio cinerascens, Opilio crypturum, Opilio grossipes, Opilio inermis, Opilio petrensis, Opilio rhododendri, Opilio rufescens, Opilio serripes, Opilio similis, Phalangium morio, Phalangium palliatum, Phalangium urnigerum

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