List of families of spiders
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About 40,000 species of Spiders have been described and they are classified into 111 families. The following is a list of families classified under the three suborders.

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Suborder Mesothelae

Suborder Mygalomorphae

The Mygalomorphae are large spiders, including the Tarantulas and are identified by the orientation of their fangs. The fangs point downwards.

Mecicobothrioidea

Hexatheloidea

Dipluroidea

Nemesioidea

Theraphosoidea

Barycheloidea

Atypoidea

Cyrtauchenioidea

Idiopoidea

Ctenizoidea

Migoidea

Suborder Araneomorphae

The suborder Araneomorphae consists of most of the spiders that have fangs that point diagonally and cross each other in contrast to the previous suborder. Most of the familiar garden spiders belong to the Araneomorphae.

Hypochiloidea

Austrochiloidea

Filistatoidea

Scytodoidea

Leptonetoidea

Pholcoidea

Caponioidea

Dysderoidea

Eresoidea

Archaeoidea

Palpimanoidea

Mimetoidea

Uloboroidea

Araneoidea

Lycosoidea

Agelenoidea

Amaurobioidea

Dictynoidea

Sparassoidea

Selenopoidea

Zodaroidea

Tengelloidea

incertae sedis

Titanoecoidea

Gnaphosoidea

Thomisoidea

Salticoidea

Corinnoidea

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